"Bracing and immediate." - The Washington PostOnce at the center of the American conservative movement, bestselling author and radio host Charles J. Sykes is a fierce opponent of Donald Trump and the right-wing media that enabled his rise.In How the Right Lost Its Mind, Sykes presents an impassioned, regretful, and deeply thoughtful account of how the American conservative movement came to lose its values. How did a movement that was defined by its belief in limited government, individual liberty, free markets, traditional values, and civility find itself embracing bigotry, political intransigence, demagoguery, and outright falsehood? How the Right Lost Its Mind addresses:*Why are so many voters so credulous and immune to factual information reported by responsible media?*Why do conservatives decide to overlook, even embrace, so many of Trump's outrages, gaffes, conspiracy theories, falsehoods, and smears?*Can conservatives govern? Or are they content merely to rage?*How can the right recover its traditional values and persuade a new generation of their worth?

I. HOW THE RIGHT LOST ITS MIND1. Did We Create this Monster?2. Confessions of a Recovering Liberal3. The Attack on the Conservative Mind4. The Conservative Idea5. Storm Warnings6. The Perpetual Outrage MachineII. THE POST-TRUTH POLITICS OF THE RIGHT7. The Alt Reality Media8. The Post-Truth Politics of the Right9. Drudge and the Politics of ParanoiaIII. THE TRUMPIAN TAKEOVER10. The Fox News Primary11. Limbaugh's Flop12. The Bigots Among Us13. The Rise of the Alt Right14. The Binary Choice15. What Happened to the Christians?IV. RESTORING THE CONSERVATIVE MIND16. Trolls and Flying Monkeys: The Right's New Culture of Intimidation17. The Contrarian Conservative