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Hayward has written an enjoyable book about a man who at times comes across too rigid and harsh.

• What could be worse than a documentary about . . . the Lincoln Project? How about a five-part documentary about the Lincoln Project! Thats what Showtime is bringing us, and I know you just cant wait for this undoubtedly riveting production. Directed by Fisher Stevens (“Dirty Money”) and Karim Amer (“The Vow”), the five-part docuseries explores how the Lincoln Project, the fastest-growing super PAC in America made up of

Steve Hayward had his mojo working for his appearance on C-SPAN 2s In Depth series yesterday. C-SPANs John McArdle interviewed Steve in a well-produced two-hour show reviewing Steves career and the books he has written including, most recently, M. Stanton Evans: Conservative Wit, Apostle of Freedom and Patriotism Is Not Enough: Harry Jaffa, Walter Berns, and the Arguments That Redefined American Conservatism. McArdle was well prepared with good questions. The

The penultimate chapter of my recent biography, M. Stanton Evans: Conservative Wit, Apostle of Freedom, summarizes the enduring literary, philosophical, and historical contributions of his last two books, The Theme Is Freedom, and Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Digging into the audio archives of the Philadelphia Society, I found two talks Stan gave—one in 1994 that displays his theological insight, and a second around 2004

If Marty McFly floated by in his flux-capacitated DeLorean and offered us a trip to the 1950s, however, few would take him up on it. We know we’d be poorer

A conservative's job is to remember

Political conservatism, say its critics, is less a rational movement to shape the future than an irrational impulse to flee the present. Historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. famously called it “the politics of nostalgia.” In reality, the temptation to romanticize the past is evident across the ideological spectrum. Politicians, activists, and intellectuals often wax nostalgic about Conservatives direct our gaze backward not to worship at the altar of some idealized past but instead to study the ...

If you just cant get enough of our dual-format Power Line podcasts, today there appeared two long-form podcasts where I am the guest, ostensibly to talk about the book I have out last week that perhaps, maybe, you have heard about (M. Stanton Evans: Conservative Wit, Apostle of Freedom), but in both cases the conversation wandered into current topics: Trump, Ukraine, conservatism, Reagan, the Smith-Rock Slap Heard Round the World,

Who wrote the Sharon State­ment, the conservative move­­ment’s most enduring state­ment of principle? Who founded the National Journalism Center, which has graduated more than 2,000 aspiring reporters, including such luminaries as Greg Gutfeld, Ann Coulter, John Fund, Timothy Carney, and William McGurn?

Richard Reinsch interviews Steven Hayward about his new biography, "M. Stanton Evans."