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Taking the right seriously

From the latest issue of Modern Age, Ivan Kenneally (RIT): Reason, revelation, and American theocracy rightly understood; a review essay on American conservatism. From The Chronicle of Higher Education, Mark Lilla on taking the right seriously: Conservatism is a tradition, not a pathology (and responses). With respect to what: Leon Wieseltier on the latest Burke revival (and more). An interview with John Derbyshire, author of We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism (and more). A review essay: Traditionalists are at war with free-marketers, and the far right's resentment is deepening — is conservatism dead? From Commentary, Peter Wehner and Michael Gerson on the path to Republican revival. From The American Interest, Steven Teles on what Republicans can learn from the Age of Reagan. Charles R. Kesler on the conservative challenge: The Reagan Revolution vs. the Obama Revolution. A review of The Age of Reagan: The Conservative Counterrevolution: 1980-1989 by Steven F. Hayward. A review of The Conservative Turn: Lionel Trilling, Whittaker Chambers, and the Lessons of Anti-Communism by Michael Kimmage. More and more and more on Right Time, Right Place by Richard Brookhiser. Conor Friedersdorf is at the gates of the fourth estate: Making a career in culture as a conservative. Despite setbacks, David Frum beats on. A conservative sellout: Why shouldn’t the right put a price on its principles? Why your coach votes Republican: In politics, football's bosses usually run right.