In the latest issue of Quadrant, Peter Kocan complains about my “sourness” in depicting the paleoconservative persuasion in my autobiography, Encounters. Peter is shocked that someone who is described as “America’s leading paleoconservative intellectual” would be “sawing off the branch on which [he] sits,” by treating his movement as a collection of has-beens. Peter compares my “weird” behavior to that of … [Read More]

Under discussion: Mark Levin, Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, Threshold Editions (2009), 256 pages The first paragraph of the first chapter of Mark Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto, the talk radio host’s latest New York Times bestseller, reads:  There is simply no scientific or mathematical formula that defines conservatism. Moreover, there are competing voices today claiming the mantle … [Read More]