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James Burnham
February 23, 2018
Jeet Heer
The American Right’s Deep Ties to Reactionary Europe
Why some U.S. conservatives are praising far-right extremists Marion Maréchal-Le Pen and Nigel Farage this week
December 15, 2016
Jeet Heer
Trump’s War on the CIA Has Deep, Right-Wing Roots
His anti-professionalism is part of a long populist tradition in America—and it could cripple his presidency.
October 31, 2016
Jeet Heer
Nostalgia for Flawed Thinkers Won’t Solve the Crisis of the Conservative Intellectual
The renewed interest in James Burnham shows just how badly Donald Trump has destroyed conservative orthodoxy.
September 14, 2016
Jeet Heer
Down With Democracy!
Donald Trump’s embrace of Vladimir Putin is a return to traditional conservative values.
February 20, 2015
Jeet Heer
Making It in (Right-Wing) America
Dinesh D’Souza and the shame of immigrant self-hatred
August 24, 2011
Sam Tanenhaus
Imperial Conservatism’s Last Gasp
February 1, 2010
Jack Goldsmith
The Accountable Presidency
September 24, 2009
Damon Linker
The Death (and Life) of Conservatism
February 18, 2009
Sam Tanenhaus
Conservatism Is Dead
March 26, 2008
John B. Judis
The Remnant
March 19, 2007
Sam Tanenhaus
Athwart History
October 9, 1995
John B. Judis
Newt’s Not-So-Weird Gurus
May 22, 1995
James Q. Wilson
Liberal Ghosts
August 31, 1987
John B. Judis
Apocalypse Now and Then
James Burnham's ambiguous legacy to American conservatism.
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