Title

The conservative crack-up

Description

R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.'s commentary of the state of conservatism during the 1990s.

Subject

"Conservatism--United States."

Creator

Tyrrell, R Emmett

Source

Brian Lamb Booknotes Collection

Gift of Brian Lamb, 2011.

Catalog record

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

Date

1992

Program air date: June 7, 1992.

Rights

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Relation

Original Booknotes interview

Booknotes Oral History Interview

Language

eng

Identifier

887100

671660381

Text

Transcription of Annotations
Notes on front endpapers: Kultursmog--Drinking, Swim team, Bork, Hayek, Albert Jay Nock, Richard Weaver, James Burnham, Whittaker Chambers, Russell Kirk, L. Brent Bozell, William Buckley, Malcolm Muggeridge, Henry Regnery, George Will, Charlie Peters, Michael Kinsley, National Review--fall of 1986, Philadelphia Society. Liberalism/conservatism are in a bad way. Politics of Left/Right bereft. Conservative Crack-up began with Bork nomination--July 1, 1987. November 4, 1986 Republicans lost control of Senate. November 12, 1986 Iran-Contra. Clarence Thomas. Bork=watershed--typifies battles conservatives losing to Liberals. Luigi Barzini--"The Italians." While politicians often appall Tyrrell, mixed up in politics for over two decades--friends with three presidents, two vice-presidents, scores of lesser politicians. 1960s Olympic team--Al Somers. 1945--"The Road to Serfdom" by Friedrich Hayek. Albert Jay Nock. Richard Weaver. Career of James Burnham typical. Kultursmog--culture polluted by politics of infantile left, conjurings of mountebanks. Irving Kristol.