Archive - Heath's Substack

Principles First Summit 2025: A Needed Course Correction

Why the country needs the Principles First Summit more than ever.

Feb 15 •

March 2023

In Defense of the Can-Do America

The transcript of my opening remarks at the 2023 Principles First Summit.

Mar 6, 2023 •

February 2023

Stop the Circus: Close the Curtain on CPAC

Why we need the Principles First Summit

Feb 26, 2023 •

June 2021

Putin and his thugs are laughing at us

Trump's latest statement is utterly appalling and Americans of every stripe should disown him for it

Jun 11, 2021 •

May 2021

Free enterprise needs a champion

The GOP no longer wants to advocate for American enterprise - but something should.

May 13, 2021 •

November 2019

For the sixth straight month, the people of Hong Kong are fighting for their liberty and their lives against a tyrannical government in…

Nov 26, 2019 •

August 2019

Where have all the conservatives gone?

Over the past three months, I’ve traveled the country on my own dime to meet with others like me who can no longer stomach the hypocrisy…

Aug 26, 2019 •

April 2019

What happened to fiscal conservatives?

The dirty not-much-of-a-secret in Washington isn’t even debatable anymore: Republicans don’t actually care about debt and deficits. Since…

Apr 10, 2019 •

January 2019

13 Ways Trump Isn’t Conservative

The label “Never Trump” is off the mark — not because true conservatives could potentially support Trump, but because our rejection of him…

Jan 24, 2019 •

October 2018

Opportunity Conservatism: A Blueprint for a Post-Trump GOP

Trumpian populism has destroyed conservatism as an intellectual movement. Next generation conservatives should rebuild it from scratch.

Oct 10, 2018 •

November 2017

America’s Broken Marketplace of Ideas

Today, it is hard not to wonder whether we are helplessly watching the steady degradation of our political union — of our norms, our…

Nov 7, 2017 •

July 2016

Donald Trump is our nominee — now what?

With Donald Trump’s coronation as the Republican presidential nominee all but complete, my disposition has transitioned from denial to…

Jul 20, 2016 •

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