Matthew Continetti, senior fellow and Patrick and Charlene Neal Chair in American Prosperity at the American Enterprise Institute, authored the book “The Right: The Hundred Year War for American Conservatism.” Continetti discussed the history of American conservatism and the outlook for its future with Carolina Journal. He delivers the annual John W. Pope Lecture at N.C. State University on March 6.
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