on conservatism

Gee, I wish I'd taken a course with this guy or at least went to a lecture of his at Mount Holyoke before he retired (when I graduated from Smith). The New Yorker has a fascinating article this week about Peter Viereck, "The First Conservative." Unfortunately, I can't access the full text online, but there's a synopsis here. While looking through the online material, I also came across this messed-up article in National Review, of course. William F. Buckley founded National Review in the 1950s and was actually interviewed for the article in The New Yorker.