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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... liberal , " the reasons for that transformation remain questions of endur- ing public wonder and scrutiny — not ... liberalism ? During the last several years , any number of high - profile attempts to answer those questions have ...
... liberal , " the reasons for that transformation remain questions of endur- ing public wonder and scrutiny — not ... liberalism ? During the last several years , any number of high - profile attempts to answer those questions have ...
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... liberals — remains : How can so many supposedly rational fellow citizens out there believe all that backward reactionary stuff ? That is exactly what our contributors , all leading lights in one way or another in the intellectual ...
... liberals — remains : How can so many supposedly rational fellow citizens out there believe all that backward reactionary stuff ? That is exactly what our contributors , all leading lights in one way or another in the intellectual ...
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... liberal- left thinking was not the dominant game on campus, but in many places the only one. What had happened, we won- dered, to push this new generation away from the “default” position embraced by so many of our campus peers? This ...
... liberal- left thinking was not the dominant game on campus, but in many places the only one. What had happened, we won- dered, to push this new generation away from the “default” position embraced by so many of our campus peers? This ...
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... liberal , " " conservative , " and " reactionary , " " socialist " and " capitalist , ” “ Left ” and “ Right ” themselves — so that it is extremely difficult for those on the non - Left to come up with an adequate self - definition ...
... liberal , " " conservative , " and " reactionary , " " socialist " and " capitalist , ” “ Left ” and “ Right ” themselves — so that it is extremely difficult for those on the non - Left to come up with an adequate self - definition ...
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... liberalism behind to become some- thing else. For every essay in these pages, any number by other authors with related con-version stories could have taken its place. That's how widespread the flight right has been. And that, in a way ...
... liberalism behind to become some- thing else. For every essay in these pages, any number by other authors with related con-version stories could have taken its place. That's how widespread the flight right has been. And that, in a way ...
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