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The American Conservative
May 21, 2020
Matthew Sitman
Why the Pandemic Is Driving Conservative Intellectuals Mad
The lockdown has produced a disparity between the old script of grievance and a sickness that can wreak destruction on anyone.
March 27, 2018
MagazineJeet Heer
America’s Disappearing Foreign Policy
What’s happening to the GOP’s global affairs brain trust?
February 17, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Transphobia Redefined
A much-discussed essay in "The American Conservative" is an attack on trans people masquerading as an exercise in good faith.
May 9, 2008
James Kirchick
"the American Conservative" Magazine: Neither American, Nor Conservative

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