Changes

''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).

''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 mahgazine'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.

=="Mugged by Reality"==

=="Mugged by Reality"==