[EveningStar]

Josh Barro is the scum-sucking dirtbag who got John Derbyshire turfed from National Review.

Barro advocated that NR fire Derbyshire because of a piece Derbyshire wrote for Taki's Magazine. Barro said that the firing was necessary if NR wanted to remain credible.

Rich Lowry did fire Derbyshire, but I doubt that Barro forced him to do so. I think Lowry had had enough, and Derbyshire did it to himself.

[Zhang Fei]

Barro advocated that NR fire Derbyshire because of a piece Derbyshire wrote for Taki's Magazine. Barro said that the firing was necessary if NR wanted to remain credible. Rich Lowry did fire Derbyshire, but I doubt that Barro forced him to do so. I think Lowry had had enough, and Derbyshire did it to himself.

I understand why it had to happen - the plutocrats who fund NR have business interests that would be affected by boycotts, and would have cut NR off if Derbyshire had not been fired. The rancor from that episode is probably why Barro himself eventually got the chop at NR. Nobody likes a Judas. At any rate, Lowry's loss is Taki's gain. The Taki crowd is a little cantankerous, but way more literate, based on the quality of the commentary.

[BigSkyFreeper]

National Review used to be Conservative. That was when WFB was running the place. Now that the kids are running Buckley's store, they're publishing watered-down Conservatism. Sure, Mark Steyn is pretty Conseervative but Rich Lowry is a moderate squish.

[zeestephen]

Re: “Derbyshire did it to himself.”

As I recall, Derb got fired for speaking openly about racist Black on white violence.

World Net Daily has an archive of several hundred racist Black on white assaults and murders that were not covered by the national press.

In contrast, EVERY white on Black assault that is even faintly racist is a front page national news story.