Is conservatism un-American?

From: National Review | Date: March 22, 1985| Author: Kesler, Charles R. | Copyright information

Is CONSERVATISM Un-American?

Poor GEORGE WILL. He intended his book Statecraft as Soulcraft: What Government Does to be seminal to modern conservative thought, but instead it received sharply critical attention in every major conservative publication. This would ordinarily not matter to the independent Mr. Will. But it has to matter when you consider that his stated intention was to re-invent American conservatism. Although many reviewers concentrated their criticism on...

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