Brent Bozell in El Escorial: Spanish Town Had Profound Effect

El Escorial, Spain — Why did a National Review senior editor present at the magazine’s creation migrate from the United States to Francisco Franco’s Spain? I traveled 3,500 miles in search of answers.

“Spain is bliss,” National Review senior editor Brent Bozell wrote fellow senior editor Frank Meyer in February of 1961. “It is the only country fit to save the West. Therefore, your duties, no less than mine, are to come here and get to work.”

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Daniel J. Flynn

Daniel J. Flynn, the author of The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer, is an American Spectator senior editor, visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, and YouTuber @RightWingWilderness.

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El Escorial, Spain — Why did a National Review senior editor present at the magazine’s creation migrate from the United States to Francisco Franco’s Spain? I traveled 3,500 miles in search of answers.

“Spain is bliss,” National Review senior editor Brent Bozell wrote fellow senior editor Frank Meyer in February of 1961. “It is the only country fit to save the West. Therefore, your duties, no less than mine, are to come here and get to work.”