Irving Kristol was a towering intellectual figure widely regarded as the 'godfather of neoconservatism.' He founded and edited The Public Interest and authored influential works on politics, culture, and economics over several decades. He contributed essays to The Weekly Standard—co-founded by his son William Kristol—on topics including neoconservative philosophy, democratic statesmanship, and censorship.
These remarks were prepared by Irving Kristol for a conference held November 30-December 1 by Princeton University's James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, "The Public Interest and the Making of American Public Policy: 1965-2005." I was, of course, immensely pleased to receive…
RONALD REAGAN was the most popular American president since FDR. He was also the most hated president since FDR. The reason he was hated was that his policies were often trans-partisan in bewildering ways. The reason he was popular was that his policies worked. This fact is still a puzzle to most…
BOB BARTLEY first entered my life in the late 1960s. He was then a young journalist on the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal, and he wanted to interview me about The Public Interest, of which he was, he said, an avid reader. I was amazed. The magazine, then edited by Daniel Bell and…
"[President Bush is] an engaging person, but I think for some reason he's been captured by the neoconservatives around him." --Howard Dean, U.S. News & World Report, August 11, 2003
December 7, 1988
Editor's note: A look back at President Reagan, from the February 5, 2001 issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD.
I want to welcome David Lowenthal to the Walter Berns-Robert Bork-Irving Kristol Club. Each of us has, in the last three decades, argued in favor of censorship, using some of the same arguments as David Lowenthal. Many of our friends and colleagues assure us that, compared with the anti-censorship…
I want to welcome David Lowenthal to the Walter Berns-Robert Bark-Irving Kristol Club. Each of us has, in the last three decades, argued in favor of censorship, using some of the same arguments as David Lowenthal. Many of our friends and colleagues assure us that, compared with the anti-censorship…