Paleo right and natural right. (criticism of Charles Kesler) From: National Review | Date: October 27, 1989| Author: Stanlis, Peter J. | COPYRIGHT 1989 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

CHARLES KESLER'S review ["All against All," Aug. 181 is a not very subtle attack on the whole conservative tradition that derives from Burke, as set forth by Russell Kirk in The Conservative Mind and elaborated by many writers since then. Kesler's main purpose is to dismiss traditional conservatism, centered in its principles and values in the Judaeo-Christian religious order of Western civilization, to deny its paramount place in the mainstream of American life, and to replace it...

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