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Early history, charges of nazism from progressives; Today, it is a mouthpiece for the "well-fed right".
The ''National Review'' is somewhat [[neoconservative]] in philosophy, though not as neoconservative as the ''[[Weekly Standard]]''.
The ''National Review'' is somewhat [[neoconservative]] in philosophy, though not as neoconservative as the ''[[Weekly Standard]]''.
==Early history==
At the time of the Magazine's founding, National Review met with harsh criticism from progressive activists. Ranging anywhere from "fascist", "nazi", and other common epithets that they've been using for decades, they tried to marginalize the publication to prevent it from every becoming successful.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=yU46AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT45 William F. Buckley Jr.: The Maker of a Movement], "Dwight Macdonald in ''Commentary'' wrote that the magazine appealed to "the half-educated, half-successful provincials... who responded to Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and Senator McCarthy."</ref>
==Four Horsemen of Progressivism==
==Four Horsemen of Progressivism==
In 2009, National Review ran a series of four articles attempting to highlight the history of progressivism and how it relates to today.<ref>[http://predicthistunpredictpast.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-four-horsemen-of-progressive.html The Four Horsemen Of The Progressive Apocalypse]</ref><ref>[https://crosbyja.wordpress.com/progressives/ Now that’s Progressive!]</ref> They highlighted [[Richard T. Ely]],<ref>Richard Ely’s Golden Calf</ref> [[John Dewey]],<ref>John Dewey and the Philosophical Refounding of America</ref> [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.]],<ref>The Curious Constitution of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.</ref> and [[Herbert Croly]].<ref>Herbert Croly’s American Bismarcks</ref>
In 2009, National Review ran a series of four articles attempting to highlight the history of progressivism and how it relates to today.<ref>[http://predicthistunpredictpast.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-four-horsemen-of-progressive.html The Four Horsemen Of The Progressive Apocalypse]</ref><ref>[https://crosbyja.wordpress.com/progressives/ Now that’s Progressive!]</ref> They highlighted [[Richard T. Ely]],<ref>Richard Ely’s Golden Calf</ref> [[John Dewey]],<ref>John Dewey and the Philosophical Refounding of America</ref> [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.]],<ref>The Curious Constitution of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.</ref> and [[Herbert Croly]].<ref>Herbert Croly’s American Bismarcks</ref>
==Today==
After the passing of Buckley, National Review drifted strongly in favor of the "well-fed Right" that Buckley lamented so many years ago.
== See also ==
== See also ==