Stanley Kurtz, NRO
Was William F. Buckley, Jr., the founder of modern American conservatism, actually a political moderate? Was Ronald Reagan a political moderate too? In an important sense, yes, says political philosopher Peter Berkowitz, and with justice. Berkowitz’s forthcoming book, Constitutional Conservatism: Liberty, Self-Government, and Political Moderation, makes a counterintuitive yet powerful case that the secret of conservatism’s success has long been, and will continue to be, its hard-won political moderation.Coming at a time of conservative soul-searching in the wake of the...
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