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Category Archives: National Review
National Review Struggles To Stay Relevant In The Age Of Trump
Alliance Theory would see National Review as the elite-coordination organ of an old conservative super-alliance that lost its mass base and then struggled to remain relevant once the coalition it helped build realigned around populism. Its original role. NR was … Continue reading
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‘The Making of the American Conservative Mind: National Review and Its Times’ (2005)
Jeffrey Hart wrote this delicious book (my 2005 interview with Professor Hart): * EVERYWHERE WILLMOORE KENDALL went he carried turbulence with him. Unusual behavior. Outrages. The geometrical opposite of the decorous, diplomatic, and elegant James Burnham. At National Review there … Continue reading
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The Right: Home of the Domesticated Intellectual
Robert Weissberg writes: These are unusual political times but especially bizarre is the treatment of Donald Trump in many of today’s “conservative” magazines. I have not read them all, but of the three I do follow—The National Review, The Weekly … Continue reading
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Derbyshire, Hanson & National Review
John Derbyshire writes July 25, 2013: Victor Davis Hanson’s Tuesday column “Facing Facts About Race,” published at the National Review Online website, continues to draw commentary. I passed some brief remarks myself here at VDARE.com the day it appeared. Since … Continue reading
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National Review Advocates Committing A Crime To Stop Donald Trump
Comment: This seems like a pretty big deal to me. National Review has published an article by John Fund that urges Republican delegates to commit a misdemeanor in order to deny Donald Trump the Republican nomination: “If Donald Trump won’t … Continue reading
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National Review, Donald Trump and Moral Bank Accounts
Dennis Prager writes Jan. 26, 2015: National Review’s special issue, “Against Trump” was courageous and important. There is no way to do good in this world without risking making enemies. That National Review was prepared to do that — among … Continue reading
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What Does National Review Stand For?
Ellison Lodge writes: Goldberg’s self-congratulatory conclusion: “My job—our job—is to write and say the truth as I see it.” But while National Review portrays itself as bravely taking unpopular positions out of its devotion to timeless principles, the plain fact … Continue reading
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Was The National Review In Clear Violation Of The Law?
Justin Raimondo writes for Chronicles: The publication of a special “Stop Trump” issue of National Review was heralded in a blaze of publicity. Editor Rich Lowry appeared on Fox News and was interviewed by Trump nemesis Megyn Kelly, where he … Continue reading
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The Thru-Line From National Review To Revilo Oliver To William Pierce
Robert S. Griffin writes in his biography of William Pierce: Revilo Oliver was one of the founding members of the John Birch Society and wrote a number of pieces for William Buckley’s magazine National Review in its early years. Oliver … Continue reading
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The National Review Was Once A Voice For White Interests
Until the 1950s, America was a dominantly white nation. This was taken for granted by its intellectuals, that America was white and should stay that way. During the 1950s and 1960s, the National Review was firmly behind white segregation around … Continue reading
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