Category Archives: Conservatives

‘Yes, We Should Call Them Imperialists’

Posted on May 29, 2023 by Luke Ford

Paul Gottfried wrote July 19, 2018: Neoconservatives like Max Boot are fooling themselves if they think imposing ‘values’ on the rest of the world isn’t a matter of empire. Recently while reading a book by an Israeli scholar named Yoram … Continue reading →

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Paul Gottfried: ‘Right-wing Celebrities Play Fast and Loose With History’

Posted on May 28, 2023 by Luke Ford

Paul Gottfried writes Dec. 17, 2017: A new anthology of the writings of intellectual historian David Gordon contains a devastating review of Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism. Reading it reminded me how bad GOP propaganda dressed up as “history” can really … Continue reading →

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Conservatism: A Rediscovery

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Luke Ford

Samuel Goldman writes: * Yoram Hazony’s Conservatism: A Rediscovery is a more personal book than its title suggests. As recounted in the fourth section, it tells the story of a sensitive young man who found in traditional religion, scholarly work, … Continue reading →

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Epistemic Sabotage

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Luke Ford

People like Dennis Prager, in the words of Decoding The Gurus, "produce ersatz wisdom: a corrupt epistemics that creates the appearance of useful knowledge, but has none of the substance. …the guru is highly motivated to undertake epistemic sabotage; to … Continue reading →

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Bloody Panico

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Luke Ford

Geoffrey Wheatcroft writes in the New York Review: * 2022 will be remembered as the year of two monarchs and three prime ministers, not to mention four chancellors of the exchequer, five education secretaries, and more than thirty resignations from … Continue reading →

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