Tolkien, Lewis, and the Great War
Instead of following so many of their generation into disillusion and cynicism, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis emerged from the Great War with their moral imagination intact.
Philadelphia Society at 50
On November 3, 1964, Barry Goldwater went down to a defeat recalled by some as the worst shellacking of a major-party candidate since Alf Landon’s in 1936; recalled by others ...
C. S. Lewis: In Memoriam — Update
A few weeks ago I posted an item about the upcoming 50th anniversary of C. S. Lewis’s death and a conference being held in New York City to celebrate and ...
C. S. Lewis: In Memoriam
Fifty years ago this fall, the world-renowned author C. S. Lewis died in his home near Oxford, England, one week before he would have turned 65.
But despite the immense popularity ...
Light & Truth in New Haven
In the post-election issue of NR, Jay Nordlinger wrote eloquently about the need for conservatives to resist the temptation to retreat home and cultivate our gardens, leaving the political arena ...
Ryan’s ‘Dissent’
Michael Sean Winters, blogging for the National Catholic Reporter, has written a lengthy piece asserting that Paul Ryan’s “dissent” from “Catholic Social Teaching” makes him a not very good Catholic ...
NR’s Other Bill
Bill Buckley was the founder and editor of NR, and the fount of much of its cheeky personality. Bill Rusher became, early in the magazine’s life, the publisher who made ...
Our Republic: Can We Keep It?
A review of Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State, by James L. Buckley.
Iran: America’s Choices
As the Iranian nuclear program steams along, America and her allies have basically three choices: military action, sanctions, or containment. Containment is the favored option in Washington, D.C., these days, ...
Revels With a Cause
Living It Up with National Review:
A Memoir, by Priscilla L. Buckley (Spence, 247 pp., $27.95)
During all those years when Bill Buckley was editor-in-chief of National Review and was simultaneously ...