You see, it was my idea, proving that sometimes a stopped clock is brilliantly correct. My dear, late friend and colleague, Thomas L. “Dusty” Rhodes, wore many hats, including that of NR president, NRI founding trustee, Bradley Foundation chairman, and Club for Growth founder. When he became victim of a prolonged and debilitating illness, it forced him to put those hats aside.

With the good folks of Bradley in cahoots, seven or eight years back we conspired to find a fitting way to honor our mutual pal; hence the idea for the Rhodes Journalism Fellowship. It’s been a great success — taking (and shaping) young and talented recent college graduates (up to the age of 25) and giving them a renewable one-year gig to write for NR, under the supervision of NR editors, at NR’s Galactic headquarters in NYC.

There is just one Rhodes fellow, so the application process is very competitive, and it doesn’t necessarily come up every year.

But it has this year: If you are a young college graduate, domestic-policy oriented (but not exclusively), possessing the ability to write pretty darned well, the determination to become better at that, and at analysis, thrilled at the prospect of working at NR and with NR’s great writers, then this fellowship is calling you. Apply. Here.

If that doesn’t describe you but maybe perfectly summarizes your kid or grandkid or some other bright young conservative in your life, let them know about the Rhodes Journalism Fellowship. But chop chop: The deadline application is looming.