Conservatives are generally interested in conserving. Defenders of liberal democracy are busy defending. Guardians of the postwar liberal world order spend their time guarding. As they all should.

Indeed, as they all should now more than ever. Against a mindless progressivism on the left and a reckless populism on the right, conserving, defending, and guarding are worthwhile, even noble, enterprises.

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