Why I Turned Right: Leading Baby Boom Conservatives Chronicle Their Political JourneysMary Eberstadt Simon and Schuster, 2007 M02 13 - 304 pages Political vicissitudes aside, with or without a conservative administration, whether or not America is engaged in war, or regardless of who next holds the majority either in Congress or the Court, the United States as a whole (as the infamous red and blue map made unforgettably clear) has boldly, unabashedly moved Right. But the question remains: Why? How did a movement that appeared so sidelined and embattled only a generation ago emerge as such a strong, influential, and enduring united front? In Why I Turned Right, eminent and rising conservatives -- at odds themselves on a number of issues from religion, family, sex, to stem cell research, abortion, and war -- answer the question. And they answer it not through polemic, reactionary preaching, or rage, but in the most practical and sensible way possible: via the sharp, critical, and unfiltered voices and canny observations of uniquely positioned authors, editors, humorists, and political refugees inadvertently born of the sexual revolution and the PC movement, who ultimately landed on the conservative side of America's red-blue divide -- in some cases, much to their own surprise. A fascinating intellectual journey, this "family of opinions," as contributor Peter Berkowitz terms it, represents the extraordinarily varied paths that have led these authors from the championed liberalism of their youth to eventually fuel the world of conservative think tanks, magazines, blogs, and book publishing. Whether you are for the Right or against, guarded supporter or puzzled progressive, Why I Turned Right proves an entertaining, enlightening, and edifying read for anyone with an open mind -- both the red and the blue, and everyone in between. |
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... ideological terms of modern political debate have all been either invented or popularized by the Left- " liberal , " " conservative , " and " reactionary , " " socialist " and " capitalist , ” “ Left ” and “ Right ” themselves — so that ...
... ideological terms of modern political debate have all been either invented or popularized by the Left- " liberal , " " conservative , " and " reactionary , " " socialist " and " capitalist , ” “ Left ” and “ Right ” themselves — so that ...
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... creed of ideological correctness against which almost every one of these writers sooner or later set his face . In retrospect, that very kind of academy may turn out 26892 Text.indd 11 1/17/07 11:57:29 AM Mary Eberstadt 11.
... creed of ideological correctness against which almost every one of these writers sooner or later set his face . In retrospect, that very kind of academy may turn out 26892 Text.indd 11 1/17/07 11:57:29 AM Mary Eberstadt 11.
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... ideologically overboard was the overall American academic scene during the years in which most contributors passed through that one author , formerly apo- litical science student Sally Satel , reports political awaken- ing on account of ...
... ideologically overboard was the overall American academic scene during the years in which most contributors passed through that one author , formerly apo- litical science student Sally Satel , reports political awaken- ing on account of ...
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... ideological near-monopoly on the left about abortion is broken once and for all. s. To peruse these stories as editor is to hear any number of echoes of my own political journey, the same one that first led me to this book. Like most ...
... ideological near-monopoly on the left about abortion is broken once and for all. s. To peruse these stories as editor is to hear any number of echoes of my own political journey, the same one that first led me to this book. Like most ...
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... ideological spindrift . As both a radical and a reactionary I was moved by the forces of history and institutions . All those beatnik girls had a history . And many of them wound up institutionalized . Think of me as Michael Oakeshott ...
... ideological spindrift . As both a radical and a reactionary I was moved by the forces of history and institutions . All those beatnik girls had a history . And many of them wound up institutionalized . Think of me as Michael Oakeshott ...
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