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'''Irving Kristol''' (1920-2009) was a [[neoconservative]] political writer, activist, and strategist. He took pride in being called "the godfather of neoconservatism." Kristol, like many New York intellectuals of his age, moved left to right across the political spectrum, and brought along with him his readers as editor of Basic Books, editor of journals like ''The Public Interest'' and ''The National Interest,'' founder and editor of ''The Weekly Standard'' (now edited by his son, William Kristol), and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He was the Henry R. Luce professor of urban values in NYU's business school.

'''Irving Kristol''' (1920-2009) was a [[neoconservative]] political writer, activist, and strategist. He took pride in being called "the godfather of neoconservatism." Kristol, like many New York intellectuals of his age, moved left to right across the political spectrum, and brought along with him his readers as editor of Basic Books, editor of journals like ''The Public Interest'' and ''The National Interest,'' founder and editor of ''The Weekly Standard'' (now edited by his son, William Kristol), and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He was the Henry R. Luce professor of urban values in NYU's business school.GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!O dangers of the unintended consequences of their programs.  The basic was a mix of conservative and liberal ideas: the goals were conservative, while the means to achieve them quite liberal. It sought a "conservative welfare state" (as one of Kristol's famous essays was titled).

''The Public Interest'' began in 1965 with the mission of challenging liberals to pay more attention to data and to the dangers of the unintended consequences of their programs.  The basic was a mix of conservative and liberal ideas: the goals were conservative, while the means to achieve them quite liberal. It sought a "conservative welfare state" (as one of Kristol's famous essays was titled).

Traditional conservatives labeled it "big-government conservatism" and distrusted the magazine's heavy reliance on social science. Libertarians distrusted the reliance on government action for conservative goals.

Traditional conservatives labeled it "big-government conservatism" and distrusted the magazine's heavy reliance on social science. Libertarians distrusted the reliance on government action for conservative goals.