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I’ve spent a good bit of the last two weeks on the road, or in the air, at FreedomFest in Las Vegas (libertarians, gambling, and semi-legal prostitution — what could go wrong?) and on a short trip to St. Louis. Between those excursions, it was production week for the new issue of TAC, which will [...]
In my free time, what there is of it, away from TAC I’ve been helping my friends in Young Americans for Liberty put together a new journal, the Young American Revolution, or YAR for short. The second issue is out now, with original essays by Jim Antle, David Gordon, Dylan Hales (on what the New [...]
“Our Enemy, the President” — an essay in applied political theory. The title nods at Albert Jay Nock, but much of the inspiration for the piece comes from Willmoore Kendall (and, between the lines, Bertrand de Jouvenel and George W. Carey).
“Is Conservatism Dead?” — a response to Sam Tanenhaus’s “Conservatism Is Dead.” I briefly argue [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, magazines
The project — well, a project — that has been taking my spare time away from ye olde Tory Anarchist is the new publication of Young Americans for Liberty, the Young American Revolution, for which I’m serving as editorial director. The first issue will be out in about a week and features, among other things, [...]
Filed under: Conservatism, Liberty, academia, magazines
A few recent events: On Tuesday of last week I delivered a talk in support of resolution “America Is Not Exceptional” at the Yale Political Union. I baited the audience as best I could, eliciting many hisses (which was a delight) while still prevailing — the resolution passed 32-27. It was an honor and a [...]
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Very interesting oral history of the magazine (compiled by Brian Doherty) in the Reason’s 40th anniversary issue, out now. A couple of excerpts here show the different visions that have informed the publication at various times:
Virginia Postrel on her concept:
Postrel: I always saw reason and myself as engaged in a mainstream intellectual and journalistic activity [...]
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Although I’ve been cutting back on subscriptions to second-rate (and worse) magazines lately, I’ve been sinking a couple of hundreds bucks into back issues of two worthwhile periodicals — Liberty and Chronicles. Both mags have fire-sales of low-priced archival copies underway. Loads of Bill Kauffman, Murray Rothbard, and other greats in the issues from the [...]
The election issue of The American Conservative includes a short piece in which I argue for writing in Ron Paul and Barry Goldwater Jr. rather than voting for any of the major- or minor-party candidates for president. Today I followed through on my own advice, casting an absentee ballot in Virginia. Writing-in a vote turns [...]
In the past couple of years I binged on magazine subscriptions, just to see what I might be missing. Not much, it turns out. The New Criterion has admirers across the political spectrum, but after giving it a fair try I remain unconverted. Its aesthetics are as midcentury as its politics–and this is a journal [...]
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My piece on Barry Goldwater and Bill Buckley, from the Fall 2008 Intercollegiate Review is now on-line at ISI’s web journal, First Principles.
For my take on the Old Right leaning of WFB Jr’s father, Will Buckley, see my review of a few months back of Reid Buckley’s An American Family. And for more on the [...]
Filed under: Books, Conservatism, magazines