Why I Turned Right: Leading Baby Boom Conservatives Chronicle Their Political JourneysMary Eberstadt Simon and Schuster, 13/02/2007 - 304 páginas Political vicissitudes aside, with or without a conservative administration, whether or not America is engaged in war, or regardless of who next holds the majority either in Congress or the Court, the United States as a whole (as the infamous red and blue map made unforgettably clear) has boldly, unabashedly moved Right. But the question remains: Why? How did a movement that appeared so sidelined and embattled only a generation ago emerge as such a strong, influential, and enduring united front? In Why I Turned Right, eminent and rising conservatives -- at odds themselves on a number of issues from religion, family, sex, to stem cell research, abortion, and war -- answer the question. And they answer it not through polemic, reactionary preaching, or rage, but in the most practical and sensible way possible: via the sharp, critical, and unfiltered voices and canny observations of uniquely positioned authors, editors, humorists, and political refugees inadvertently born of the sexual revolution and the PC movement, who ultimately landed on the conservative side of America's red-blue divide -- in some cases, much to their own surprise. A fascinating intellectual journey, this "family of opinions," as contributor Peter Berkowitz terms it, represents the extraordinarily varied paths that have led these authors from the championed liberalism of their youth to eventually fuel the world of conservative think tanks, magazines, blogs, and book publishing. Whether you are for the Right or against, guarded supporter or puzzled progressive, Why I Turned Right proves an entertaining, enlightening, and edifying read for anyone with an open mind -- both the red and the blue, and everyone in between. |
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... Democratic victories in fall 2006, and controversial wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the mood on the right itself is one of introspection and soul- searching. For another, and despite significant disenchant- ment among some, the overall ...
... Democratic victories in fall 2006, and controversial wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the mood on the right itself is one of introspection and soul- searching. For another, and despite significant disenchant- ment among some, the overall ...
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... Democrats roundly prevailed by promising for the first time since Bill Clinton to govern from the center , and a handful of right- leaning Democratic candidates defeated Republicans unac- customed to attack from that wing — clinch the ...
... Democrats roundly prevailed by promising for the first time since Bill Clinton to govern from the center , and a handful of right- leaning Democratic candidates defeated Republicans unac- customed to attack from that wing — clinch the ...
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... democracy left a lasting impression on me . " Several writers share a streak of autodidactism made stronger by exposure via conservative journalism to per- suasive , hitherto unknown texts . As Rich Lowry describes the process in his ...
... democracy left a lasting impression on me . " Several writers share a streak of autodidactism made stronger by exposure via conservative journalism to per- suasive , hitherto unknown texts . As Rich Lowry describes the process in his ...
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... Democrats are now spending a fair amount of time and money insisting ) . Yet as several essays in Why I Turned Right remind whether tacitly or otherwise , there is in fact some- thing natural about that " fit " between the two . There ...
... Democrats are now spending a fair amount of time and money insisting ) . Yet as several essays in Why I Turned Right remind whether tacitly or otherwise , there is in fact some- thing natural about that " fit " between the two . There ...
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... Democrat was something like a celebrity sighting - an event rarely occurring in the natural order , and typically to the embarrassment of the subject . Moreover , for some contributors and also for many other conservative Americans ...
... Democrat was something like a celebrity sighting - an event rarely occurring in the natural order , and typically to the embarrassment of the subject . Moreover , for some contributors and also for many other conservative Americans ...
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