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Harvard Man, Ross Douthat is the latest hire for The New York Times. Naturally his biggest fan, Robert Stacy McCain is celebrating:
(Gritted teeth.) Congratulation, Ross! We’re all so excited for you!
Now excuse me while I go swallow a bottle of sleeping pills, wash it down with a quart of Chlorox, slash my wrists, get in [...]

Front Porch Republic

Via Daniel, I discovered the new site, Front Porch Republic. It features the contributions of Bill Kauffman, a former “all-star Little League shortstop for the Lions Club Cubs” and other great contributors.

Merry Christmas!

From everyone at TAC.

Missions Accomplished

We’ve just added a few more articles — from Jim Antle, Michael Brendan Dougherty, and Paul Gottfried — to the main page. And here, for your delectation, is a larger image of the current issue’s cover, itemizing some of our 43rd president’s signal achievements:

You can read the full issue online now, and get unrestricted access [...]

Mystery Science Endorsement 2008

It occurred to me that I should make my endorsement before it’s too late. I support Mike Nelson. Don’t get me wrong, I think that Joel Hodgson is great, and he certainly deserves credit for being the creator. But Nelson had a certain goofy everyman quality that fit Mystery Science Theater 3000 perfectly. I defy [...]

The TAC Endorsement Issue

Our election symposium is on-line now and the new issue — which also includes essays by H.L. Mencken (on the trouble with democracy), Sheldon Richman (on nationalizing the banks), John Schwenkler (on secession), and much more — is winging its way into shops and subscribers’ mailboxes at the end of this week.
There’s no ideal choice [...]

Announcement

You may have noticed that there have been no posts @TAC today. This is because, out of respect for the economic crisis, we have decided to suspend all blogging. This is no time for politics.
P.S. Not really.

Want to Receive The American Conservative For Free?

Visitors to this site have no doubt noticed that our PDF archive and electronic version of the current issue are no longer freely available to everyone. Those features are now behind a firewall — but we have an even better offer you. Now you can get The American Conservative in print for three months [...]

The New Website

For a very limited time, our current issue (Aug. 25) and all of our archives are available in PDF form, free for all. This is just a taste to whet your appetite — soon the PDF content will be only for subscribers. But don’t worry, we’ll make the non-subscribers among you an offer that you [...]

Website Revamp

Readers may notice some changes to the TAC website over the next two days. We’re making some design tweaks and adding new features. There may be a few hiccups during the transition, but be patient — you’ll like what’s coming.