National Affairs

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National Affairs
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National Affairs is a quarterly magazine in the United States about political affairs that was first published in September 2009. Its founding editor,

ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick, and author Charles Murray.[citation needed
]

History

In the editorial in the inaugural issue, editor

technocratic confidence that is too often the dominant flavor of social science and public policy. And we will take politics seriously". The editorial expresses gratitude to the editors of The Public Interest, and notes that "the complete archives of The Public Interest are available for the first time" on its website.[4]

On September 7, 2009,

New York Times reviewed the first issue. He wrote that "The Public Interest closed in 2005", leaving "a gaping hole. Fortunately, a new quarterly magazine called National Affairs is starting up today to continue the work." Brooks continued by noting that the magazine occupied "the bloody crossroads where social science and public policy meet matters of morality, culture and virtue". "In a world of fever swamp politics and arid, overly specialized expertise," Brooks wrote in his closing, "National Affairs arrives at just the right time."[5]

National Affairs "makes its home at the American Enterprise Institute."[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Muhlenkamp, Katherine (July–August 2010). "The right rethought". University of Chicago Magazine. I would say [National Affairs] is neoconservative in the original sense—in that it tries to be empirical about what works rather than whose ideology we most agree with.
  2. ^ "About National Affairs". National Affairs, Inc. Archived from the original on 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2017-01-23. National Affairs is a quarterly journal of essays about domestic policy, political economy, society, culture, and political thought. It aims to help Americans think a little more clearly about our public life, and rise a little more ably to the challenge of self-government."
  3. ^ Yglesias, Matthew (2014-12-09). "5 new magazines with small circulations and big ideas". Vox. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  4. ^ Levin, Yuval (Fall 2009). "What is National Affairs?". National Affairs (1).
  5. ^ Brooks, David (September 7, 2009). "Bloody Crossroads". The New York Times.
  6. ^ 'About us', nationalaffairs.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.

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