Has Conservatism Outlived Its Usefulness? by Frank DeVito

By Frank DeVito, Crisis Magazine, June 24, 2025

Frank DeVito is an attorney currently serving as counsel at the Napa Legal Institute. His work has previously been published in several publications, including The American Conservative, The Federalist, First Things, and Public Discourse. He lives in eastern Pennsylvania with his wife and children. The views expressed in his articles are those of the author and not necessarily his employer.

While conservative influencers are fatigued with the “conservative” moniker and want to dissassociate with it, the better solution is to boldly restore its proper definition.

In April 2025, Tucker Carlson invited Matt Walsh onto his podcast. The conversation covered everything from same-sex adoption and surrogacy to foreign policy isolationism. It is well worth listening to. But beyond the substance of the conversation, there was simply something powerful about a discussion between two men with such influence on the American Right—each man has an audience of several million subscribers on YouTube alone. In the age of digital media, each man far surpasses the reach of any legacy-news media personality. Matt Walsh and Tucker Carlson could be fairly described as two of the most influential men in conservative media.

Yet, in one of the most striking parts of the conversation, both of these “conservative influencers” questioned whether the term “conservative” has value any longer. Both seem to think it does not: ….

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