How the Right Lost Its Mind

Once at the centre of theAmerican conservative movement, bestselling author and radio host Charles Sykesis a fierce opponent of Donald Trump and the right-wing media that enabled hisrise. Here, Sykes presents an impassioned, regretful, anddeeply thoughtful account of how the American conservative movement came tolose its values. How did a movement that was defined by its belief in limitedgovernment, individual liberty, free markets, traditional values, and civility, find itself embracing bigotry, political intransigence, demagoguery, andoutright falsehood? How the Right Lost its Mind addresses key issues that face Americanconservatives under a Trump presidency. It asks why so many voters are apparently credulous andimmune to factual information reported by responsible media. And why didconservatives decide to overlook, even embrace, so many of Trump's outrages,gaffes, conspiracy theories, falsehoods, and smears? Can conservatives govern, orare they content merely to rage? Central to Sykes's discourse is the question of how can the right recover its traditional values and persuade a new generation of their worth.