“The days are long, but the years are short.” It’s a common phrase among parents, but also an apt one for this moment on the political Right. It’s easy to get lost in the day-to-day anger of the news cycle and miss the robust debate happening in the Republican Party about how to apply timeless principles to the new challenges of today.

As I wrote last month in an essay for the Atlantic, there was once a path to a stable and prosperous life in America that has since closed off. The truth is that for too long, government and business leaders alike have stood back and endorsed supposedly unstoppable global forces that have made life harder for working Americans, their families and their communities.