There are no permanent victories in democratic politics and no permanent defeats. Thus, even as conservatives in the United States are working to find better ways to present our ideas in the 2014 and 2016 elections, we should pause a moment to celebrate some successes overseas.

The results of last month’s elections in South Korea and Japan show the two nations recognize the need for strong conservative principles to address growing security challenges and to lead the way for pragmatic economic solutions.

First to Tokyo, where Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party scored a sweeping victory in the election for Japan’s lower house of parliament.…  Seguir leyendo »