Linker compares today’s anti-liberal Catholic conservatives to the liberal Catholic conservatives who gathered around Richard John Neuhaus’s First Things twenty years ago. Linker is well-suited to make such comparisons. He was editor of First Things from 2004 to 2005. After […]
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Liberalism as religion?
Over at his Substack, Damon Linker interviews political theorist Alexandre Lefebvre, author of Liberalism as a Way of Life. Here is a taste: DL:Â But what do you say to those who persist in religious belief when they respond that the […]
Damon Linker urges Democrats to pick a new presidential candidate
Writer Damon Linker, a former conservative (he was once editor of First Things), is the latest to claim that Biden’s decision to run again is a selfish act. He makes the case today at The Atlantic: The Democratic Party is […]
How dangerous is Ron DeSantis?
Not as dangerous as many progressive think he is, according to Damon Linker. Here is a taste of his piece at The New York Times: To judge by several early polls, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has a decent shot of […]
Former First Things editor Damon Linker on the “Know Your Enemy” podcast
The guys at Know Your Enemy Podcast talk with former First Things editor Damon Linker. It’s a really interesting interview. He talks about his Straussian influences, his intellectual debt to Mark Lilla, and his work as a speechwriter for Rudy […]