Scott McConnell
Scott McConnell (born 1952) is an American journalist best known as a founding editor of The American Conservative.
[edit] Biography
In 1968, as a student at a New Hampshire boarding school, McConnell canvassed for Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy.[1] After receiving a Ph.D in history at Columbia University, McConnell returned to politics and worked on the presidential campaign of Jimmy Carter in 1976. Shortly after this, however, he became attracted to the neoconservative movement, and began writing for publications such as Commentary and National Review. During the first half of the 1990s McConnell was an editorial writer for the New York Post and served briefly as editorial page editor in 1997. McConnell was fired from the Post later that year.
He has since emerged as one of the leading figures in the broadly defined paleoconservative movement, becoming a prominent supporter of Pat Buchanan.[citation needed] After spending many years as a columnist for the New York Press and Antiwar.com, in 2002 he collaborated with Buchanan and Taki Theodoracopolous in founding The American Conservative, a magazine which has served as a voice for traditionalist conservatives opposed to both liberalism and the policies of George W. Bush.[2]
At the end of 2004, McConnell became the sole editor of TAC; during the year he had written forcefully in favor of John Kerry's candidacy for President, although adding that "If Kerry wins, this magazine will be in opposition from inauguration day forward."[3]
[edit] References
- ^ McConnell, Scott (2006-01-30) Peace Candidate, '68 Vintage, The American Conservative
- ^ Interview of McConnell by Kevin Zeese
- ^ "Kerry's the One"
