.. do you have any examples that are still alive? "Welcome to conservativism, all our best thinkers are dead" isn't a great pitch.

He died earlier this year, so he's not entirely outdated (although judging thinkers by their expiry date does not seem sensible regardless).

Others still alive worth reading include:

- Douglas Murray

- Patrick Deneen

- Theodore Dalrymple

- John Gray (although not easily categorized as a conservative)

- Sohrab Ahmari (although if you are averse to religious discourse, perhaps not)

I'd recommend Ross Douthat, currently with the NYT, and Andrew Sullivan, on Substack.

To be fair, the defining trait of conservatives is that they think ideas don't expire all that quickly. It makes sense that they'd hold dead thinkers in higher regard than others would.

All the best left-wing thinkers are also dead.

Jordan Peterson?

I’m not sure I’d call Peterson conservative or right-wing. A great thinker though, for sure.