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A new issue of The American Conservative is devoted to this very subject. I've linked those authors I enjoyed the most, but all can be viewed via the link at the end.

What is Left? What is Right?

Does it Matter?

Since its inception, The American Conservative has been dealing with questions of what Right and Left mean in the modern context and to what extent the terms even apply anymore. Commentary memorably took up similar issues in a 1976 symposium, and, 30 years later, in a time of renewed ideological flux, we think a reconsideration is in order.

In the interest of hosting a lively discussion, we chose contributors from across the political spectrum and asked for their thoughts on the following questions:

1. Are the designations �liberal� and �conservative� still useful? Why or why not?

2. Does a binary Left/Right political spectrum describe the full range of ideological options? Is it still applicable?

Not all of these authors share TAC�s editorial orientation, but we believe there is wisdom in the council of many, and each was chosen as representative of a particular perspective. We leave our readers to decide which insights most accord with their own.


Andrew J. Bacevich Jeremy Beer Austin Bramwell Patrick J. Buchanan John Derbyshire Ross Douthat Rod Dreher Mary Eberstadt Nick Gillespie Paul Gottfried Jeffrey Hart Nicholas von Hoffman James Kurth Michael Lind John Lukacs Heather Mac Donald Scott McConnell Kevin Phillips James P. Pinkerton Justin Raimondo Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. Claes G. Ryn Kirkpatrick Sale Phyllis Schlafly Fred Siegel Taki Theodoracopulos Philip Weiss Chilton Williamson Jr. Clyde N. Wilson John Zmirak
For hyperlinks to all the authors articles go here.