Who, whom by Kevin D. Williamson

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March 2010

Who, whom

Burke

was right!

Who, whom

To the Editors:
I very much enjoyed reading The New Criterion's symposium on statism (“The New Statism,” The New Criterion, January 2010): Roger Kimball, Mark Steyn, Andrew C. McCarthy, Jeremy Black, Lionel Shriver—a veritable Valhalla of some of my favorite thinkers and writers. I write this more in the spirit of an addition to their thoughts than as an attempted correction of them. If the writers assembled for this endeavor share a flaw, it is an excessive generosity of spirit toward the American people, which has led the authors into a serious and fundamental error: reversing the arrow of causality—if you prefer, the vector of blame—in the relationship between the Obama administration and the American people. The American people have not been duped by the Obama administration, nor have they been seduced or misled by it. They have only been disappointed by its inability to enact the infantil ...

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Kevin D. Williamson is a Deputy Managing Editor at National Review.

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Anthony Daniels on the Euro Crisis
The New Criterion author Anthony Daniels delivers remarks in New York City about the "European experiment." With an introduction by editor Roger Kimball. Recorded on November 30, 2011.

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Roger Kimball: The Grim Future of Statism
The New Criterion editor Roger Kimball delivers remarks in Effingham, Illinois, about the future of statism and The New Criterion's 30th anniversary. A Friend of The New Criterion, Dwight Erskine, introduces Roger Kimball to the Effingham audience. Recorded on October 1, 2011.

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