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What is conservatism for?

From Intercollegiate Review, Larry Arnhart on Darwinian conservatism versus metaphysical conservatism (and a response). What is conservatism for? An interview with Harvey Mansfield. James Kalb on the "conservative canon", books that have been, or should be, central to the American Right (and two responses). An interview with C. Bradley Thompson, co-author of Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea. Letter to a young black conservative: John McWhorter on why they call us Uncle Toms. From Minding the Campus, Jonathan Imber of Wellesley College writes about teaching conservatism; and because the conservatives most likely to be employed in academia are of the neo variety, students may not get an accurate picture of conservatism or, for that matter, America. A review of The Dilemmas of American Conservatism. Tory Anarchism in America: An interview with Daniel McCarthy, editor of The American Conservative. Andrew Hartman on neoconservatism and the spirit of the anti-Sixties. The conservative bind: Why Edmund Burke would hate the GOP Congress. Two dangerous conservative philosophies are at work behind the huge prison population. Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. on National Review and the unthinking Right. An interview with Jennifer Frost, author of Hedda Hopper's Hollywood: Celebrity Gossip and American Conservatism.