The American Conservative
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| Editor | Daniel McCarthy |
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| Categories | Editorial magazine |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Circulation | 8,000 |
| Publisher | Ron Unz |
| Founder | Scott McConnell, Patrick Buchanan, and Taki Theodoracopulos |
| First issue | October 7, 2002 |
| Country |  United States |
| Based in | Arlington, Virginia |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.amconmag.com |
The American Conservative (TAC) is a monthly (formerly biweekly) U.S. opinion magazine published by Ron Unz. Its first editor was Scott McConnell, his successors being Kara Hopkins and the present incumbent, Daniel McCarthy.
In general, TAC represents an anti-war and Old Right voice against the dominance of what it sees as a neoconservative media establishment. It also has ties with anti-war libertarians, although individual TAC columnists such as Stuart Reid and Robert Locke have been sharply critical of libertarianism.[1] In 2009 Reihan Salam wrote that the publication had "gained a devoted following as a sharp critic of the conservative mainstream."[2]
The magazine's editorial stance differs from most other "conservative" and "neoconservative" publications in its opposition to George W. Bush's interventionist foreign policy as well as his immigration and trade policies. TAC also holds a decidedly more positive view of Europe than, for example, The Weekly Standard, National Review, or The New Republic.
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[edit] History
In 2002 The American Conservative was founded by a triumvirate, which consisted of the aforementioned Scott McConnell, Patrick Buchanan, and Taki Theodoracopulos. It endorsed no single candidate in the 2004 presidential campaign, but instead offered the conservative case for six different choices. These included Buchanan for Bush,[3] McConnell for John Kerry,[4] Justin Raimondo for Ralph Nader,[5] and Kara Hopkins for not voting,[6] as well as arguments for third party candidates.[7][8] The magazine did the same thing for the 2008 presidential election.[9]
Before the 2006 midterm elections, The American Conservative urged its readers to vote for Democrats, saying, "It should surprise few readers that we think a vote that is seen—in America and the world at large—as a decisive “No” vote on the Bush presidency is the best outcome."[10]
As of 2007, Buchanan and Taki ceased to be formally affiliated with The American Conservative (although TAC continued to run numerous syndicated op-eds by Buchanan, and the occasional Taki column).[11] Ron Unz was named publisher in 2007.[12] Some paleoconservatives regard him as a proponent of mass immigration.[12][13][14]
In 2008 and 2009 the magazine began hosting several blogs on its website: the group blogs @TAC[15] and Post Right, Daniel Larison's blog Eunomia,[16] Daniel McCarthy's Tory Anarchist, and John Schwenkler and J.L. Wall's Upturned Earth.[17]
In its April 20, 2009 issue TAC announced that "[t]he economic crisis is exacting a toll on the publishing world, and The American Conservative has not been spared" and that without "a major new infusion of capital," it would print its final edition on May 7, 2009. It subsequently returned to publication, but as a monthly.[18][19]
Little more than a year later, the magazine ceased print publication with its August 2010 issue, and laid off most of its staff.[citation needed] Nevertheless the website continued to be updated each day by the remaining staff members, and publication of the print version began again with the December 2010 issue's appearance during the last days of October.[citation needed]
[edit] Notable contributors
[edit] References
- ^ Robert Locke Marxism of the Right The American Conservative, March 14, 2005.
- ^ Reihan Salam: The Mark Sanford Revolution? The Atlantic, March 13 2009.
- ^ Buchanan, Pat (2004-11-08) Coming Home, The American Conservative
- ^ McConnell, Scott (2004-11-08) Kerry's the One, The American Conservative
- ^ Raimondo, Justin (2004-11-08) Old Right Nader, The American Conservative
- ^ Hopkins, Kara (2004-11-08) The Right to Remain Silent, The American Conservative
- ^ Phillips, Howard (2004-11-08) Constitutionally Correct Peroutka, The American Conservative
- ^ Bock, Alan (2004-11-08) Libertarian Resistance, The American Conservative
- ^ The Right Choice?, The American Conservative
- ^ "GOP Must Go". The American Conservative. 2006-11-20. http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_11_20/feature.html.
- ^ Epstein, Marcus, "The American Conservative, John Lukacs, and The Unnecessary Review," TakiMag, May 24, 2008.
- ^ a b "California Anti-Bilingual Proposition King Ron Unz to be Next Publisher of The American Conservative". The Washington Note. 2007-03-19. http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/002005.php.
- ^ "My Letter to the American Conservative Magazine". Conservative Heritage Times. 2007-04-09. http://conservativetimes.org/?p=354.
- ^ "Unzism – the (new) doctrine of American Decline". VDARE. http://www.vdare.com/Sailer/unzism.htm.
- ^ http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2008/03/31/welcome-to-tac/
- ^ http://larison.org/2008/02/09/moving/
- ^ http://www.amconmag.com/schwenkler/2009/05/13/moving-in/
- ^ The American Conservative. 2009-04-20.
- ^ The American Conservative. 2009-05-18.
[edit] External links
- The American Conservative site of magazine.
[edit] Selected articles
- "Death of Manufacturing", By Patrick J. Buchanan, August 11, 2003.
- "Whose War?", by Patrick J. Buchanan, March 24, 2003.
- "Conservative Crack-Up" by W. James Antle III, November 17, 2003.
- "Big Brother Watches Britain", by Peter Hitchens, May 8, 2006.
- "End of the Rainbow", by Roger D. McGrath, December 19, 2005.
- "Among the Neocons", by Scott McConnell, April 11, 2003.
- "Americans First", by Steve Sailer, February 13, 2006.
- "America the Abstraction", by J. P. Zmirak, 'January 13, 2003.
- "The Islamic Way of War", by Andrew J. Bacevich, September 11, 2006.
- "In Defense of Freedom" by Daniel McCarthy, March 14, 2005.
- "What is Left? What is Right? (Does it Matter?)", by various authors,
- "Marxism of the Right" by Robert Locke, March 14, 2005.
[edit] Articles about The American Conservative
- "Buchanan's Takeoff" By Murray Polner, Columbia Journalism Review, January/February 2003.
- "Paleocon's Revenge" by Whitney Joiner. Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management, 1 September 2002.
- The American Conservative Crackup: Why I quit Pat Buchanan’s magazine by Alexander Konetzki, The Washington Monthly
