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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... Party one year , two years , or five years hence , the United States as a whole has plainly moved right . Yet even though many more Americans are now likely to self - identify as " conservative " rather than " liberal , " the reasons ...
... Party one year , two years , or five years hence , the United States as a whole has plainly moved right . Yet even though many more Americans are now likely to self - identify as " conservative " rather than " liberal , " the reasons ...
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... parties differ in viewing that sub- ject . For though not all conservatives ( including the con- tributors to this book ) ... party line on abortion , the spectacle of a pro- life Democrat was something like a celebrity sighting - an event ...
... parties differ in viewing that sub- ject . For though not all conservatives ( including the con- tributors to this book ) ... party line on abortion , the spectacle of a pro- life Democrat was something like a celebrity sighting - an event ...
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... Party Reptile , Parliament of Whores , Eat the Rich , and a forthcoming com- mentary on The Wealth of Nations for Grove / Atlantic Press . OME PEOPLE ARRIVE at their political convictions some some through 26892 Text.indd 23 1/17/07 11 ...
... Party Reptile , Parliament of Whores , Eat the Rich , and a forthcoming com- mentary on The Wealth of Nations for Grove / Atlantic Press . OME PEOPLE ARRIVE at their political convictions some some through 26892 Text.indd 23 1/17/07 11 ...
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... party and allowing such a man as Woodrow Wilson—from a Confederate state!—to become chief executive. As far as my grandmother was con- cerned, William Howard Taft was the last real Republican. In a moment of childish innocence I once ...
... party and allowing such a man as Woodrow Wilson—from a Confederate state!—to become chief executive. As far as my grandmother was con- cerned, William Howard Taft was the last real Republican. In a moment of childish innocence I once ...
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... Party . He had a heart attack just before the 1960 election . At the funeral his sister , my great - aunt Helen , said , “ It's a good thing your grandfather died when he did . It would have killed him any- way to see John Kennedy ...
... Party . He had a heart attack just before the 1960 election . At the funeral his sister , my great - aunt Helen , said , “ It's a good thing your grandfather died when he did . It would have killed him any- way to see John Kennedy ...
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