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Article: The neocon bible; The Weekly Standard.(Ten years of conservatism)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- September 17, 2005
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How to lose money and influence people
IN "Hereditary Genius" (1869) Francis Galton argued that "natural abilities are derived by inheritance". The British psychologist's undemocratic view seems oddly appropriate to modern America. Look at the Bushes and Kennedys in politics, the Earnhardts in NASCAR racing--and the Kristols in opinion journalism.
Irving Kristol steered a succession of magazines that helped to shape neo-conservatism: Encounter, the Public Interest and the National Interest. Ten years ago, his son, Bill, persuaded Rupert Murdoch to put up the cash to set up the Weekly Standard.
The omens were not good: it was very nearly called the American ...
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