New tome adds heft to words from right

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: June 22, 2006| Author: Jason DeParle | Copyright information


International Herald Tribune

06-22-2006

It has red states and blond pundits; home-schoolers and The Human Life Review; originalists, monetarists, federalists and evangelists; and no shortage of people named Kristol.Now American conservatism can claim another mark of distinction: an encyclopedia all its own.It is a big deal, in terms literal ã 997 pages ã and metaphorical.Few insults have stung the movement's thinkers as much as the barb from Lionel Trilling, t...

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