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Seventy years ago, when National Review launched to help conservatives make their case to the country, it did so with a distinctly factional ethos. In speaking for conservatives, the magazine understood itself to be speaking not for a dominant orthodoxy but for a dissenting sect seeking influence through winsome persuasion and prudent political action.
In his opening editorial, William F. Buckley Jr. noted that the magazine was unavoidably out of place:
About the Author
Yuval Levin is the director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute and the editor of National Affairs. His most recent book is American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation -- and Could Again.
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Seventy years ago, when National Review launched to help conservatives make their case to the country, it did so with a distinctly factional ethos. In speaking for conservatives, the magazine understood itself to be speaking not for a dominant orthodoxy but for a dissenting sect seeking influence through winsome persuasion and prudent political action.
In his opening editorial, William F. Buckley Jr. noted that the magazine was unavoidably out of place:
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About the Author
Yuval Levin is the director of social, cultural, and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute and the editor of National Affairs. His most recent book is American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation -- and Could Again.
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