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Whenever someone uses the term “mainstream media,” you can almost be certain it will be meant derisively. For folks on the right, “MSM” is convenient shorthand for talking about a nefarious elite bent on imposing radical leftism, both of the economic and cultural variety, on America. Indeed, despite the journalism profession’s protestations of objectivity, the [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Politics, media
A new issue The American Conservative went to press today — our Fall books issue. Highlights include:
– A symposium on the best books you probably haven’t read, featuring contributions from Alexander Waugh, Florence King, Sam Tanenhaus, Peregrine Worsthorne, David Bromwich, Justin Raimondo,
Alfred Regnery, George Scialabba, Michael Lind, and many more
– Daniel Hannan, British Conservative Party [...]
Filed under: Books, Conservatism, Magazines
here’s a couple of differing views on the Limbaugh/NFL business. Jay Nordlinger had a little tantrum about it:
Frankly, I’m so angry about this, I’m not sure I should write about it. I’m even a little shaken, and perhaps you are, too. Let me be blunt: The effort to keep Rush Limbaugh from participating in a [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, media
I promised when I returned from my blogging vacation (a little longer than I had anticipated) to address Richard Spencer’s critique of my TAC article “Breaking the Bank”, back in August, specifically his question “What then?”:
“A more fundamental problem with Scallon’s essay is that he never informs us what he wants to take the place [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Politics
On Friday, Matt Welch linked to a Columbia Journalism Review article imploring journalists to “Own its Liberalism.” The most interesting part comes at the end:
Although it is the subject for another essay, the fact is that there are very few good conservative reporters. There are many intellectually impressive conservative advocates and opinion leaders, but the [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, media
A nugget from White House speechwriter Matt Latimer’s forthcoming book Speech-Less, as reported by Byron York:
Bush was preparing to give a speech to the annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. The conference is the event of the year for conservative activists; Republican politicians are required to appear and offer their praise [...]
Filed under: Books, Conservatism
Rick Brookhiser is one of the better writers left at National Review. But he’s no less a neoconservative camp follower than, say, Rich Lowry. On his blog (and in his new book), Brookhiser says that Bill Buckley’s opposition to the Iraq War must be ascribed to a touch of racism:
Bill spent much of 2005 and [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, War
I’ve written on Sam Tanenhaus’s conservatism-is-dead writings twice before, but there is still more to say. His errors should not go unnoticed.
First, a minor but important point for understanding the history of conservatism. Tanenhaus states that Edmund Burke, “the great originator of modern conservatism,” did not “propose a counter-ideology.” That is false. Tanenhaus admires the Burke [...]
Filed under: Books, Conservatism, Uncategorized
Of President Obama’s back-to-school speech to the kiddies, Jay Nordlinger writes,
it’s also a little . . . creepy. A little un-republican. A little — just a little — Dear Leader-ish. Immodest. George Washington would never have done such a thing, is my guess; doubt Lincoln would have either . . .”
Perhaps. But it strikes me as infinitely less “Dear [...]
Filed under: Conservatism
I see that the Sniper’s Tower, specifically Richard Spencer, has taken aim at my Barney Frank post. He hits his target a couple of times: I do subscribe to Mother Jones , and I haven’t contributed to discussions about health care.
The meat of Spencer’s problem with my brief post lay in the final two paragraphs:
I [...]
Filed under: Conservatism