AMERICAN COMPASS strives to embody the principles and practices of a healthy democratic polity, combining intellectual combat with personal civility. We welcome converts to our vision and value disagreement amongst our members. We work toward a version of American politics that remains inevitably partisan and contentious but operates from a common commitment to reinforcing the foundations of a healthy society.

American Compass is working to restore an economic orthodoxy that emphasizes the importance of family, community, and industry to the nation’s liberty and prosperity, by (a) reorienting political focus from growth for its own sake to widely shared economic development that sustains vital social institutions; (b) setting a course for a society in which all families can achieve self-sufficiency, contribute productively to their communities, and prepare the next generation for the same; and (c) helping policymakers navigate the limitations that markets and government each face as means for promoting the general welfare and the nation’s security.