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'''''The American Conservative (TAC)''''' is a biweekly magazine founded by ], ], and ], and edited by McConnell. It is intended to represent a traditionalist, ] and ] voice against the dominance of what its publishers see as a ] media establishment. ''The American Conservative'' began publishing in ]. The magazine's editorial stance is differentiated from most other "]" and "neoconservative" publications in its opposition to ]'s ] ] and his liberal ] and ] policies. ''TAC'' also holds a decidedly more positive view of Europe than, for example, ], ], or ].
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'''''The American Conservative''''' ('''''TAC''''') is a bimonthly magazine published by the American Ideas Institute. The magazine was founded in 2002 by ], ] and ]. According to the publication, it exists to promote a ] that opposes unchecked power in government and business, promotes the concept of the ], free markets, and supports ] and restraint in foreign affairs based on the ]s of the ].


== History ==
''TAC'' decided not to endorse any candidate in the ], but instead offered the conservative case for five different choices. These included Buchanan for Bush, McConnell for ], Kara Hopkins for not voting, and arguments for the ] and Constitution parties as well. It is believed that Mr. Buchanan stepped down as Editor of the magazine because of wide opposition to his endorsement of President Bush, leaving Scott McConnell to replace him. While McConnell had been acting as editor in chief of the magazine from the beginning, Buchanan’s name attracted more readers; hence, the title was originally his.
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''The American Conservative'' was founded by Pat Buchanan, Scott McConnell and Taki Theodoracopulos<ref name=GLS>Gregory L. Schneider, ''The Conservative Century: From Reaction to Revolution'' (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009), </ref><ref>, ''Online Archive of California'', accessed 14 February 2023</ref> in October 2002.<ref name=MMW/> The magazine took a ] character, aiming to counter the ] positions of the '']'' and '']''. It was critical of the Bush administration and in particular of its invasion of Iraq.<ref name=MMW>Marcus M. Witcher, ''Getting Right with Reagan: The Struggle for True Conservatism, 1980–2016'' (University Press of Kansas, 2019), </ref> According to the publication, it exists to promote a ] that opposes unchecked power in government and business, promotes the concept of the ], free markets, and supports ] and restraint in foreign affairs based on America's ]s.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|date=February 28, 2017|title=About Us|url=http://www.theamericanconservative.com/about-us/|access-date=February 28, 2017|work=The American Conservative}}</ref>


In the first issue, dated 7 October 2002, the editorial by Buchanan and Taki stated that the new publication aimed "to ignite the conversations that conservatives ought to have engaged in since the end of the Cold War, but didn't." It continued that much of what then passed for conservatism was "wedded to a kind of radicalism – fantasies of global hegemony, the hubristic notion of America as a universal nation for all the world's peoples, a hyperglobal economy."<ref name=JB>Jeremy Beer, "American Conservative", in Bruce Frohnen, ed., ''American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia'' (2014), </ref> In the same issue, an article by Buchanan challenged the ], asking "What comes after all the celebratory gunfire when wicked Saddam is dead?"<ref name=GLS/>
== Notable contributors ==


Until early 2005, Buchanan and Taki served as the magazine's editors, with McConnell as executive editor, while Taki was its publisher.<ref name=JB/><ref>Andrej Kreutz, ''Russia's Place in the World'' (Algora Publishing, 2015), </ref> Kara Hopkins was the next executive editor.<ref>''News Media Yellow Book'' (2006), p. 600</ref>
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In its early years, the magazine called for an amendment to the US Constitution to ban ].<ref name=JB/>
==External links==


Before the ], ''The American Conservative'' urged its readers to vote for ]: "It should surprise few readers that we think a vote that is seen—in America and the world at large—as a decisive 'No' vote on the Bush presidency is the best outcome".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_11_20/feature.html|work=The American Conservative|date=November 20, 2006|title=GOP Must Go}}</ref>
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* By Murray Polner, '']'', January/February 2003


Buchanan and Taki retired as editors, and Taki as publisher, in 2005, although Buchanan continued to write for it.<ref name=JB/> ] was the publisher in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sixsmith|first=Ben|url=https://spectator.us/ron-unz/|title=The curious case of Ron Unz|work=The Spectator|date=September 15, 2018|access-date=April 19, 2019}}</ref><ref name="clemons">{{cite web|url=http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/002005.php|title=California Anti-Bilingual Proposition King Ron Unz to be Next Publisher of The American Conservative|work=The Washington Note|date=March 19, 2007|access-date=April 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328174421/http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/002005.php|archive-date=March 28, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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In 2010, Daniel McCarthy succeeded Hopkins as editor. In September 2011, the magazine introduced an editorial redesign of its print publication and in May 2012 a redesign of its website. In October 2014, ], the former national and literary editor of '']'', was named national editor of the magazine.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-american-conservative-names-benjamin-schwarz-national-editor/ | title=''The American Conservative'' Names Benjamin Schwarz National Editor | date=October 15, 2014 | work=The American Conservative | access-date=November 4, 2019 | language=en-us}}</ref>

In November 2016, ] succeeded McCarthy as editor, with Lewis McCrary and Kelley Beaucar Vlahos as Executive Editors. After Merry's retirement in July 2018, W. James Antle III was named editor.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/james-antle-is-new-editor-of-the-american-conservative/ | title=James Antle is New Editor of The American Conservative | first=Scott | last=McConnell | date=October 15, 2018 | work=The American Conservative | access-date=November 4, 2019 | language=en-us}}</ref>

In April 2020, Johnny Burtka, executive director and acting editor of ''The American Conservative'', said that the publication's ambition is to "become '']'' of the right" and said its online page views had "grown significantly" under the ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Ecarma |first=Caleb |date=2020-04-27 |title="Call It the Tucker Carlson Wing of the GOP": The American Conservative Wants to Be the Atlantic of the Right |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/the-american-conservative-the-right-atlantic |access-date=2021-04-20 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-us}}</ref>

''The American Conservative'' is a member of the advisory board of ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advisory Board |url=https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119034220/https://www.project2025.org/about/advisory-board/ |archive-date=November 19, 2023 |access-date=July 8, 2024 |publisher=]}}</ref>

===Publication===
Originally published semi-monthly, it was reduced to a monthly publication in August 2009 and, in 2013, a bimonthly publication.<ref>{{cite web |title=Archive |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/archive/ |publisher=The American Conservative |access-date=July 22, 2019}}</ref>

== Reception ==
In 2004, Peter Carlson wrote in '']'' that for scathing attacks on Bush and the invasion of Iraq, ''The American Conservative'' might have the edge over '']'', '']'', and '']''.<ref>Alexander Konetzki, , '']'', accessed June 15, 2004</ref>

In 2009, ], '']'' editor, wrote that the publication had "gained a devoted following as a sharp ''critic'' of the conservative mainstream".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salam |first=Reihan |date=2009-03-13 |title=The Mark Sanford Revolution? |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2009/03/the-mark-sanford-revolution/1498/ |access-date= |website=] |language=en}}</ref>

In 2012, ], columnist at '']'', called ''The American Conservative'' "one of the more dynamic spots on the political Web" and said its "writers like Rod Dreher and Daniel Larison tend to be suspicious of bigness: big corporations, big government, a big military, concentrated power and concentrated wealth."<ref>{{cite news |last=Brooks |first=David |date=November 19, 2012 |title=The Conservative Future |work=] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/20/opinion/brooks-the-conservative-future.html?ref=davidbrooks&_r=2& |access-date=}}</ref>

== Contributors ==
Contributors to ''The American Conservative'' have included ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/author/helen-andrews/|title=Helen Andrews|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrew J. Bacevich |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/andrew-j-bacevich/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=The American Conservative |language=en-US}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doug Bandow |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/doug-bandow/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=The American Conservative |language=en-US}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Patrick J. Buchanan |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/patrick-buchanan/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=The American Conservative |language=en-US}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrew Cockburn |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/andrew-cockburn-2/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=The American Conservative |language=en-US}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rod Dreher |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/rod-dreher/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=The American Conservative |language=en-US}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/paul-gottfried/|title=Paul Gottfried|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/leon-hadar/|title=Leon Hadar|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/james-kurth/|title=James Kurth|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/christopher-layne/|title=Christopher Layne|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/michael-lind/|title=Michael Lind|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/author/william-s-lind/|title=William S. Lind|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/author/doug-mac/|title=Douglas Macgregor|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/eric-s-margolis/|title=Eric S. Margolis|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/scott-mcconnell/|title=Scott McConnell|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/author/robert-w-merry/|title=Robert W. Merry|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/author/rand-paul/|title=Rand Paul|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/mark-perry/|title=Mark Perry|website=The American Conservative}}</ref>
],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/sritter/|title=Scott Ritter|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/steve-sailer/|title=Steve Sailer|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/paul-w-schroeder/|title=Paul W. Schroeder|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/benjamin-schwarz/|title=Benjamin Schwarz|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/roger-scruton/|title=Roger Scruton|website=The American Conservative}}</ref>
],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/taki/|title=Taki|website=The American Conservative}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/tac_author/ron-unz/|title=Ron Unz|website=The American Conservative}}</ref>

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== External links ==
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American Ideas Institute magazine This article is about the magazine. For the concept, see Conservatism in the United States.

The American Conservative
October 2016 issue
Executive DirectorCurt Mills
CategoriesEditorial magazine
FrequencyOnce every two months
Circulation5,000
PublisherThe American Ideas Institute
Founder
First issueOctober 7, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-10-07)
CountryUnited States
Based inWashington, D.C., U.S.
LanguageEnglish
Websitetheamericanconservative.com
ISSN1540-966X

The American Conservative (TAC) is a bimonthly magazine published by the American Ideas Institute. The magazine was founded in 2002 by Pat Buchanan, Scott McConnell and Taki Theodoracopulos. According to the publication, it exists to promote a conservatism that opposes unchecked power in government and business, promotes the concept of the nuclear family, free markets, and supports realism and restraint in foreign affairs based on the national interests of the United States.

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The American Conservative was founded by Pat Buchanan, Scott McConnell and Taki Theodoracopulos in October 2002. The magazine took a paleoconservative character, aiming to counter the neoconservative positions of the National Review and The Weekly Standard. It was critical of the Bush administration and in particular of its invasion of Iraq. According to the publication, it exists to promote a conservatism that opposes unchecked power in government and business, promotes the concept of the nuclear family, free markets, and supports realism and restraint in foreign affairs based on America's national interests.

In the first issue, dated 7 October 2002, the editorial by Buchanan and Taki stated that the new publication aimed "to ignite the conversations that conservatives ought to have engaged in since the end of the Cold War, but didn't." It continued that much of what then passed for conservatism was "wedded to a kind of radicalism – fantasies of global hegemony, the hubristic notion of America as a universal nation for all the world's peoples, a hyperglobal economy." In the same issue, an article by Buchanan challenged the Iraq War, asking "What comes after all the celebratory gunfire when wicked Saddam is dead?"

Until early 2005, Buchanan and Taki served as the magazine's editors, with McConnell as executive editor, while Taki was its publisher. Kara Hopkins was the next executive editor.

In its early years, the magazine called for an amendment to the US Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

Before the 2006 midterm elections, The American Conservative urged its readers to vote for Democrats: "It should surprise few readers that we think a vote that is seen—in America and the world at large—as a decisive 'No' vote on the Bush presidency is the best outcome".

Buchanan and Taki retired as editors, and Taki as publisher, in 2005, although Buchanan continued to write for it. Ron Unz was the publisher in 2007.

In 2010, Daniel McCarthy succeeded Hopkins as editor. In September 2011, the magazine introduced an editorial redesign of its print publication and in May 2012 a redesign of its website. In October 2014, Benjamin Schwarz, the former national and literary editor of The Atlantic, was named national editor of the magazine.

In November 2016, Robert W. Merry succeeded McCarthy as editor, with Lewis McCrary and Kelley Beaucar Vlahos as Executive Editors. After Merry's retirement in July 2018, W. James Antle III was named editor.

In April 2020, Johnny Burtka, executive director and acting editor of The American Conservative, said that the publication's ambition is to "become The Atlantic of the right" and said its online page views had "grown significantly" under the Trump administration.

The American Conservative is a member of the advisory board of Project 2025.

Publication

Originally published semi-monthly, it was reduced to a monthly publication in August 2009 and, in 2013, a bimonthly publication.

Reception

In 2004, Peter Carlson wrote in The Washington Post that for scathing attacks on Bush and the invasion of Iraq, The American Conservative might have the edge over The Nation, Mother Jones, and The Progressive.

In 2009, Reihan Salam, National Review editor, wrote that the publication had "gained a devoted following as a sharp critic of the conservative mainstream".

In 2012, David Brooks, columnist at The New York Times, called The American Conservative "one of the more dynamic spots on the political Web" and said its "writers like Rod Dreher and Daniel Larison tend to be suspicious of bigness: big corporations, big government, a big military, concentrated power and concentrated wealth."

Contributors

Contributors to The American Conservative have included Helen Andrews, Andrew Bacevich, Doug Bandow, Pat Buchanan, Andrew Cockburn, Rod Dreher, Paul Gottfried, Leon Hadar, James Kurth, Christopher Layne, Michael Lind, William S. Lind, Douglas Macgregor, Eric Margolis, Scott McConnell, Robert W. Merry, Rand Paul, Mark Perry, Scott Ritter, Steve Sailer, Paul W. Schroeder, Benjamin Schwarz, Roger Scruton, Taki Theodoracopulos, and Ron Unz.

See also

References

  1. "Curt Mills", The American Conservative, accessed 15 June 2024
  2. Frank, T.A. (January 25, 2018). "Welcome to the Golden Age of Conservative Magazines". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  3. "Masthead".
  4. ^ Gregory L. Schneider, The Conservative Century: From Reaction to Revolution (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009), p. 212
  5. "Patrick J. Buchanan Papers, White House Special Files, 01/21/1969 - 12/31/1972", Online Archive of California, accessed 14 February 2023
  6. ^ Marcus M. Witcher, Getting Right with Reagan: The Struggle for True Conservatism, 1980–2016 (University Press of Kansas, 2019), p. 230
  7. "About Us". The American Conservative. February 28, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  8. ^ Jeremy Beer, "American Conservative", in Bruce Frohnen, ed., American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia (2014), pp. 1,914–1,915
  9. Andrej Kreutz, Russia's Place in the World (Algora Publishing, 2015), p. 188
  10. News Media Yellow Book (2006), p. 600
  11. "GOP Must Go". The American Conservative. November 20, 2006.
  12. Sixsmith, Ben (September 15, 2018). "The curious case of Ron Unz". The Spectator. Retrieved April 19, 2019.
  13. "California Anti-Bilingual Proposition King Ron Unz to be Next Publisher of The American Conservative". The Washington Note. March 19, 2007. Archived from the original on March 28, 2007. Retrieved April 10, 2007.
  14. "The American Conservative Names Benjamin Schwarz National Editor". The American Conservative. October 15, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  15. McConnell, Scott (October 15, 2018). "James Antle is New Editor of The American Conservative". The American Conservative. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  16. Ecarma, Caleb (April 27, 2020). ""Call It the Tucker Carlson Wing of the GOP": The American Conservative Wants to Be the Atlantic of the Right". Vanity Fair. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  17. "Advisory Board". The Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on November 19, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  18. "Archive". The American Conservative. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  19. Alexander Konetzki, "The American Conservative Crackup: Why I quit Pat Buchanan’s magazine", The Washington Monthly, accessed June 15, 2004
  20. Salam, Reihan (March 13, 2009). "The Mark Sanford Revolution?". The Atlantic.
  21. Brooks, David (November 19, 2012). "The Conservative Future". The New York Times.
  22. "Helen Andrews". The American Conservative.
  23. "Andrew J. Bacevich". The American Conservative. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  24. "Doug Bandow". The American Conservative. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  25. "Patrick J. Buchanan". The American Conservative. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  26. "Andrew Cockburn". The American Conservative. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  27. "Rod Dreher". The American Conservative. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  28. "Paul Gottfried". The American Conservative.
  29. "Leon Hadar". The American Conservative.
  30. "James Kurth". The American Conservative.
  31. "Christopher Layne". The American Conservative.
  32. "Michael Lind". The American Conservative.
  33. "William S. Lind". The American Conservative.
  34. "Douglas Macgregor". The American Conservative.
  35. "Eric S. Margolis". The American Conservative.
  36. "Scott McConnell". The American Conservative.
  37. "Robert W. Merry". The American Conservative.
  38. "Rand Paul". The American Conservative.
  39. "Mark Perry". The American Conservative.
  40. "Scott Ritter". The American Conservative.
  41. "Steve Sailer". The American Conservative.
  42. "Paul W. Schroeder". The American Conservative.
  43. "Benjamin Schwarz". The American Conservative.
  44. "Roger Scruton". The American Conservative.
  45. "Taki". The American Conservative.
  46. "Ron Unz". The American Conservative.

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