I learned a lot from Warren Brookes. We may be the only people here who remember him. It’s little surprise that he died in 1991, around the time NR was turned into a playpen for the unemployed brats of well connected Republicans. The great writers who had made the magazine so compelling either retired or were forced out.
Chronicles became my staple. I still subscribe to it, as well as the American Conservative.
“We always choose the lesser of two evils, no?”
There is one freeper with the tagline “Cthulhu, for when the lesser evil just isn’t enough”.
I used to clip a lot of his columns, and ran across a folder full of them a few weeks ago. There is nobody like him now.
Chronicles became my staple. I still subscribe to it
I dropped it once I found all the columnists online for free...
There is one freeper with the tagline “Cthulhu, for when the lesser evil just isn’t enough”.
Now there is something I could subscribe to! I have always believed that "the lesser of two evils is still evil." Not that the lesser is not still the morally correct choice, but let's not go overboard in thinking that the lesser of two evils is good.
Dark days ahead, I fear, but you never know what history will bring - and how we can shape it.