Christopher, through the heroic efforts of diligent historical researchers and first-hand National Review observers such as Frank Meyer, Gary Wills, and Murray Rothbard, we now know so much more of the hidden backstory of the origins of the modern “Conservative” movement than we shall learn from this fanciful cherry-picked account by Jeffrey Lord. Specifically, we now know that William F. Buckley Jr.’s entire career as a ‘public intellectual’ was built upon one ignominious deception after another as a servitor of state power. The synthetic movement he help spawn has continued unabated, growing like a cancer in the American body politic … Continue reading Re: Shocking News! NR Has Gone Establishment!