THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE

'''The American Conservative''' magazine.

'''The American Conservative (TAC)''' is a biweekly U.S. paleoconservative magazine founded in 2002 by Scott McConnell, Pat Buchanan, and Taki Theodoracopulos, and edited by McConnell. ''TAC'' represents a traditionalist, anti-war and paleoconservative voice against the dominance of what it sees as a neoconservative media establishment. The magazine also has ties with paleolibertarians.
In March 2007, ''TAC'' named Ron Unz its new publisher, taking over from Scott McConnell. [1]

Contents
History
Selected articles
Notable contributors
See also
External links

History


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.'' Many of its positions resemble another paleoconservative magazine, ''Chronicles'', which influenced Buchanan; many writers contribute to both magazines.
''TAC'' endorsed no single candidate in the 2004 presidential campaign, but instead offered the conservative case for six different choices. These included Buchanan for Bush, McConnell for John Kerry, Justin Raimondo for Ralph Nader, and Kara Hopkins for not voting, as well as arguments for the Libertarian and Constitution parties.
Buchanan currently holds the title of editor emeritus. Some claim he stepped down as editor of the magazine because of opposition to his endorsing President Bush, leaving Scott McConnell to replace him. While McConnell had been acting as editor in chief of the magazine from the beginning, Buchanan’s fame attracted more readers; hence, the title was originally his.
In the midterm elections of 2006, ''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."[2]
Ron Unz was named publisher in 2007. Some paleoconservatives regard him as a proponent of mass immigration.[3] [4] For example, VDARE published an article called "Unzism – the (new) doctrine of American Decline.[5]

Selected articles


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"Death of Manufacturing", By Patrick J. Buchanan, August 11, 2003.
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"Whose War?", by Patrick J. Buchanan, March 24, 2003.
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"Conservative Crack-Up" by W. James Antle III, November 17, 2003.
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"The Paleo Persuasion", by Samuel Francis, December 12, 2002.
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"Big Brother Watches Britain", by Peter Hitchens, May 8, 2006.
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"End of the Rainbow", by Roger D. McGrath, December 19, 2005.
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"Among the Neocons", by Scott McConnell, April 11, 2003.
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"Americans First", by Steve Sailer, February 13, 2006.
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"America the Abstraction", by J.P. Zmirak, 'January 13, 2003.
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"The Islamic Way of War", by Andrew J. Bacevich, September 11, 2006.
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"In Defense of Freedom" by Daniel McCarthy, March 14, 2005.
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"What is Left? What is Right? (Does it Matter?)", by various authors, August 28, 2006.

Notable contributors



Uri Avnery
Andrew Bacevich
Doug Bandow
Arnaud de Borchgrave
James Bovard
Peter Brimelow
Patrick J. Buchanan
John Derbyshire
Lou Dobbs
Rod Dreher
Marcus Epstein
Samuel Francis
Philip Giraldi
Charles Goyette
Paul Gottfried
William Norman Grigg

Leon Hadar
Jeffrey Hart
Peter Hitchens
Samuel P. Huntington
Bill Kauffman
James Howard Kunstler
James Kurth
Daniel Larison
John Laughland
William Lind
Robert Locke
John Lukacs
Eric Margolis
Ilana Mercer
Robert Novak
Brendan O'Neill

William Pfaff
Kevin Phillips
James Pinkerton
Justin Raimondo
Fred Reed
Paul Craig Roberts
Lew Rockwell
Claes G. Ryn
Steve Sailer
Kirkpatrick Sale
R. J. Stove
Ralph de Toledano
Martin Van Creveld
Philip Weiss
Paul Weyrich
Thomas Woods

The magazine has also published transcripts of interviews with Norman Mailer and Robert Pape.

See also



Pat Buchanan

Scott McConnell

Paleoconservatism

Old Right

External links



★ '''The American Conservative'''

Tory Anarchist Blog - Daniel McCarthy, former literary editor of ''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, Sept 1, 2002.

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