Books
High, Low, and Modern
– “High, Low, and Modern,” Encounter, August 1960.Excerpt: It is often said that “mass culture” is the price we pay for democracy. That all depends, of course, on what we mean by democracy. If we mean by democracy nothing… More
From the Land of the Free to the Big PX
– "From the Land of the Free to the Big PX," New York Times Magazine, December 20, 1964.Pornography, Obscenity and The Case for Censorship
– "Pornography, Obscenity and The Case for Censorship," New York Times Magazine, March 28, 1971.On the Democratic Idea in America
– New York: Harper, 1972.1. Urban Civilization and its Discontents 2. The Shaking of the Foundations 3. Pornography, Obscenity, and the Case for Censorship 4. American Historians and the Democratic Idea 5. American… More
Summer Notes and Footnotes
– “Summer Notes and Footnotes,” Wall Street Journal, July 18, 1977.The Feminist Attack on Smut
– "The Feminist Attack on Smut," The New Republic, July 25, 1981. (A review of Pornography and Silence by Susan Griffin.)Excerpt: It was utterly predictable that freedom of pornographic speech and action would sooner or later come into conflict with the women’s movement. Pornography, after all, has… More
Reflections of a Neoconservative: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
– New York: Basic Books, October 1983.I. IN THE BEGINNING… 1. Memoirs of a Trotskyist 2. Memoirs of a “Cold Warrior” II. THE CULTURE OF DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM 3. The Adversary Culture of Intellectuals 4.… More
The Way We Were
– “The Way We Were,” National Interest, Fall 1989.It’s Obscene but Is It Art?
– “It's Obscene but Is It Art?” Wall Street Journal, August 7, 1990.Excerpt: But one interesting and important fact has already become clear: Our politics today is so spiritually empty, so morally incoherent, that—except for a few… More
Sex, Violence and Videotape
– “Sex, Violence and Videotape,” Wall Street Journal, May 31, 1994.A Third Cheer for Capitalism
– Irwin Stelzer, "A Third Cheer for Capitalism," in The Neoconservative Imagination: Essays in Honor of Irving Kristol, ed. Christopher DeMuth and William Kristol, (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1995).Culture and Kristol
– Robert H. Bork, "Culture and Kristol," in The Neoconservative Imagination: Essays in Honor of Irving Kristol, ed. Christopher DeMuth and William Kristol, (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1995).Children, Hollywood, and Censorship
– “Children, Hollywood, and Censorship,” The American Enterprise, September/October 1995.Censorship?
– “Censorship?” (A symposium), The Weekly Standard, August 23, 1999.Excerpt: For years now, conservatives have been waiting for “the people” to rise up against the institutional elites who have imposed their culture on us. But the people can’t be… More
Irving Kristol’s Clear Thinking
– Jonah Goldberg, "Irving Kristol's Clear Thinking," Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2009.Excerpt: Buckley said that the neocons’ greatest contribution to conservatism was “sociology.” The early National Review conservatism was more Aristotelian, Buckley observed, while… More
My Irving Kristol and Ours by Mary Eberstadt
– Mary Eberstadt, "My Irving Kristol and Ours," The Weekly Standard, October 5, 2009.Excerpt: “More than anyone alive, perhaps, Irving Kristol can take the credit for reversing the direction of American political culture.” These words taken from the Nation a few… More
The Neoconservative Persuasion: Selected Essays, 1942-2009
– New York: Basic Books, 2011.Foreword: In Memoriam: Irving Kristol, 1920-2009: William Kristol Introduction by Gertrude Himmelfarb I. IN THE BEGINNING . . . : Enquiry Auden: The Quality of Doubt A Christian… More
Essays
High, Low, and Modern
– “High, Low, and Modern,” Encounter, August 1960.Excerpt: It is often said that “mass culture” is the price we pay for democracy. That all depends, of course, on what we mean by democracy. If we mean by democracy nothing… More
From the Land of the Free to the Big PX
– "From the Land of the Free to the Big PX," New York Times Magazine, December 20, 1964.Pornography, Obscenity and The Case for Censorship
– "Pornography, Obscenity and The Case for Censorship," New York Times Magazine, March 28, 1971.On the Democratic Idea in America
– New York: Harper, 1972.1. Urban Civilization and its Discontents 2. The Shaking of the Foundations 3. Pornography, Obscenity, and the Case for Censorship 4. American Historians and the Democratic Idea 5. American… More
Summer Notes and Footnotes
– “Summer Notes and Footnotes,” Wall Street Journal, July 18, 1977.The Feminist Attack on Smut
– "The Feminist Attack on Smut," The New Republic, July 25, 1981. (A review of Pornography and Silence by Susan Griffin.)Excerpt: It was utterly predictable that freedom of pornographic speech and action would sooner or later come into conflict with the women’s movement. Pornography, after all, has… More
Reflections of a Neoconservative: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
– New York: Basic Books, October 1983.I. IN THE BEGINNING… 1. Memoirs of a Trotskyist 2. Memoirs of a “Cold Warrior” II. THE CULTURE OF DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM 3. The Adversary Culture of Intellectuals 4.… More
The Way We Were
– “The Way We Were,” National Interest, Fall 1989.It’s Obscene but Is It Art?
– “It's Obscene but Is It Art?” Wall Street Journal, August 7, 1990.Excerpt: But one interesting and important fact has already become clear: Our politics today is so spiritually empty, so morally incoherent, that—except for a few… More
Sex, Violence and Videotape
– “Sex, Violence and Videotape,” Wall Street Journal, May 31, 1994.A Third Cheer for Capitalism
– Irwin Stelzer, "A Third Cheer for Capitalism," in The Neoconservative Imagination: Essays in Honor of Irving Kristol, ed. Christopher DeMuth and William Kristol, (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1995).Culture and Kristol
– Robert H. Bork, "Culture and Kristol," in The Neoconservative Imagination: Essays in Honor of Irving Kristol, ed. Christopher DeMuth and William Kristol, (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1995).Children, Hollywood, and Censorship
– “Children, Hollywood, and Censorship,” The American Enterprise, September/October 1995.Censorship?
– “Censorship?” (A symposium), The Weekly Standard, August 23, 1999.Excerpt: For years now, conservatives have been waiting for “the people” to rise up against the institutional elites who have imposed their culture on us. But the people can’t be… More
Irving Kristol’s Clear Thinking
– Jonah Goldberg, "Irving Kristol's Clear Thinking," Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2009.Excerpt: Buckley said that the neocons’ greatest contribution to conservatism was “sociology.” The early National Review conservatism was more Aristotelian, Buckley observed, while… More
My Irving Kristol and Ours by Mary Eberstadt
– Mary Eberstadt, "My Irving Kristol and Ours," The Weekly Standard, October 5, 2009.Excerpt: “More than anyone alive, perhaps, Irving Kristol can take the credit for reversing the direction of American political culture.” These words taken from the Nation a few… More
The Neoconservative Persuasion: Selected Essays, 1942-2009
– New York: Basic Books, 2011.Foreword: In Memoriam: Irving Kristol, 1920-2009: William Kristol Introduction by Gertrude Himmelfarb I. IN THE BEGINNING . . . : Enquiry Auden: The Quality of Doubt A Christian… More
Commentary
High, Low, and Modern
– “High, Low, and Modern,” Encounter, August 1960.Excerpt: It is often said that “mass culture” is the price we pay for democracy. That all depends, of course, on what we mean by democracy. If we mean by democracy nothing… More
From the Land of the Free to the Big PX
– "From the Land of the Free to the Big PX," New York Times Magazine, December 20, 1964.Pornography, Obscenity and The Case for Censorship
– "Pornography, Obscenity and The Case for Censorship," New York Times Magazine, March 28, 1971.On the Democratic Idea in America
– New York: Harper, 1972.1. Urban Civilization and its Discontents 2. The Shaking of the Foundations 3. Pornography, Obscenity, and the Case for Censorship 4. American Historians and the Democratic Idea 5. American… More
Summer Notes and Footnotes
– “Summer Notes and Footnotes,” Wall Street Journal, July 18, 1977.The Feminist Attack on Smut
– "The Feminist Attack on Smut," The New Republic, July 25, 1981. (A review of Pornography and Silence by Susan Griffin.)Excerpt: It was utterly predictable that freedom of pornographic speech and action would sooner or later come into conflict with the women’s movement. Pornography, after all, has… More
Reflections of a Neoconservative: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
– New York: Basic Books, October 1983.I. IN THE BEGINNING… 1. Memoirs of a Trotskyist 2. Memoirs of a “Cold Warrior” II. THE CULTURE OF DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM 3. The Adversary Culture of Intellectuals 4.… More
The Way We Were
– “The Way We Were,” National Interest, Fall 1989.It’s Obscene but Is It Art?
– “It's Obscene but Is It Art?” Wall Street Journal, August 7, 1990.Excerpt: But one interesting and important fact has already become clear: Our politics today is so spiritually empty, so morally incoherent, that—except for a few… More
Sex, Violence and Videotape
– “Sex, Violence and Videotape,” Wall Street Journal, May 31, 1994.A Third Cheer for Capitalism
– Irwin Stelzer, "A Third Cheer for Capitalism," in The Neoconservative Imagination: Essays in Honor of Irving Kristol, ed. Christopher DeMuth and William Kristol, (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1995).Culture and Kristol
– Robert H. Bork, "Culture and Kristol," in The Neoconservative Imagination: Essays in Honor of Irving Kristol, ed. Christopher DeMuth and William Kristol, (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1995).Children, Hollywood, and Censorship
– “Children, Hollywood, and Censorship,” The American Enterprise, September/October 1995.Censorship?
– “Censorship?” (A symposium), The Weekly Standard, August 23, 1999.Excerpt: For years now, conservatives have been waiting for “the people” to rise up against the institutional elites who have imposed their culture on us. But the people can’t be… More
Irving Kristol’s Clear Thinking
– Jonah Goldberg, "Irving Kristol's Clear Thinking," Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2009.Excerpt: Buckley said that the neocons’ greatest contribution to conservatism was “sociology.” The early National Review conservatism was more Aristotelian, Buckley observed, while… More
My Irving Kristol and Ours by Mary Eberstadt
– Mary Eberstadt, "My Irving Kristol and Ours," The Weekly Standard, October 5, 2009.Excerpt: “More than anyone alive, perhaps, Irving Kristol can take the credit for reversing the direction of American political culture.” These words taken from the Nation a few… More
The Neoconservative Persuasion: Selected Essays, 1942-2009
– New York: Basic Books, 2011.Foreword: In Memoriam: Irving Kristol, 1920-2009: William Kristol Introduction by Gertrude Himmelfarb I. IN THE BEGINNING . . . : Enquiry Auden: The Quality of Doubt A Christian… More
Multimedia
High, Low, and Modern
– “High, Low, and Modern,” Encounter, August 1960.Excerpt: It is often said that “mass culture” is the price we pay for democracy. That all depends, of course, on what we mean by democracy. If we mean by democracy nothing… More
From the Land of the Free to the Big PX
– "From the Land of the Free to the Big PX," New York Times Magazine, December 20, 1964.Pornography, Obscenity and The Case for Censorship
– "Pornography, Obscenity and The Case for Censorship," New York Times Magazine, March 28, 1971.On the Democratic Idea in America
– New York: Harper, 1972.1. Urban Civilization and its Discontents 2. The Shaking of the Foundations 3. Pornography, Obscenity, and the Case for Censorship 4. American Historians and the Democratic Idea 5. American… More
Summer Notes and Footnotes
– “Summer Notes and Footnotes,” Wall Street Journal, July 18, 1977.The Feminist Attack on Smut
– "The Feminist Attack on Smut," The New Republic, July 25, 1981. (A review of Pornography and Silence by Susan Griffin.)Excerpt: It was utterly predictable that freedom of pornographic speech and action would sooner or later come into conflict with the women’s movement. Pornography, after all, has… More
Reflections of a Neoconservative: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
– New York: Basic Books, October 1983.I. IN THE BEGINNING… 1. Memoirs of a Trotskyist 2. Memoirs of a “Cold Warrior” II. THE CULTURE OF DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM 3. The Adversary Culture of Intellectuals 4.… More
The Way We Were
– “The Way We Were,” National Interest, Fall 1989.It’s Obscene but Is It Art?
– “It's Obscene but Is It Art?” Wall Street Journal, August 7, 1990.Excerpt: But one interesting and important fact has already become clear: Our politics today is so spiritually empty, so morally incoherent, that—except for a few… More
Sex, Violence and Videotape
– “Sex, Violence and Videotape,” Wall Street Journal, May 31, 1994.A Third Cheer for Capitalism
– Irwin Stelzer, "A Third Cheer for Capitalism," in The Neoconservative Imagination: Essays in Honor of Irving Kristol, ed. Christopher DeMuth and William Kristol, (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1995).Culture and Kristol
– Robert H. Bork, "Culture and Kristol," in The Neoconservative Imagination: Essays in Honor of Irving Kristol, ed. Christopher DeMuth and William Kristol, (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1995).Children, Hollywood, and Censorship
– “Children, Hollywood, and Censorship,” The American Enterprise, September/October 1995.Censorship?
– “Censorship?” (A symposium), The Weekly Standard, August 23, 1999.Excerpt: For years now, conservatives have been waiting for “the people” to rise up against the institutional elites who have imposed their culture on us. But the people can’t be… More
Irving Kristol’s Clear Thinking
– Jonah Goldberg, "Irving Kristol's Clear Thinking," Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2009.Excerpt: Buckley said that the neocons’ greatest contribution to conservatism was “sociology.” The early National Review conservatism was more Aristotelian, Buckley observed, while… More
My Irving Kristol and Ours by Mary Eberstadt
– Mary Eberstadt, "My Irving Kristol and Ours," The Weekly Standard, October 5, 2009.Excerpt: “More than anyone alive, perhaps, Irving Kristol can take the credit for reversing the direction of American political culture.” These words taken from the Nation a few… More
The Neoconservative Persuasion: Selected Essays, 1942-2009
– New York: Basic Books, 2011.Foreword: In Memoriam: Irving Kristol, 1920-2009: William Kristol Introduction by Gertrude Himmelfarb I. IN THE BEGINNING . . . : Enquiry Auden: The Quality of Doubt A Christian… More
Teaching
High, Low, and Modern
– “High, Low, and Modern,” Encounter, August 1960.Excerpt: It is often said that “mass culture” is the price we pay for democracy. That all depends, of course, on what we mean by democracy. If we mean by democracy nothing… More
From the Land of the Free to the Big PX
– "From the Land of the Free to the Big PX," New York Times Magazine, December 20, 1964.Pornography, Obscenity and The Case for Censorship
– "Pornography, Obscenity and The Case for Censorship," New York Times Magazine, March 28, 1971.On the Democratic Idea in America
– New York: Harper, 1972.1. Urban Civilization and its Discontents 2. The Shaking of the Foundations 3. Pornography, Obscenity, and the Case for Censorship 4. American Historians and the Democratic Idea 5. American… More
Summer Notes and Footnotes
– “Summer Notes and Footnotes,” Wall Street Journal, July 18, 1977.The Feminist Attack on Smut
– "The Feminist Attack on Smut," The New Republic, July 25, 1981. (A review of Pornography and Silence by Susan Griffin.)Excerpt: It was utterly predictable that freedom of pornographic speech and action would sooner or later come into conflict with the women’s movement. Pornography, after all, has… More
Reflections of a Neoconservative: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
– New York: Basic Books, October 1983.I. IN THE BEGINNING… 1. Memoirs of a Trotskyist 2. Memoirs of a “Cold Warrior” II. THE CULTURE OF DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM 3. The Adversary Culture of Intellectuals 4.… More
The Way We Were
– “The Way We Were,” National Interest, Fall 1989.It’s Obscene but Is It Art?
– “It's Obscene but Is It Art?” Wall Street Journal, August 7, 1990.Excerpt: But one interesting and important fact has already become clear: Our politics today is so spiritually empty, so morally incoherent, that—except for a few… More
Sex, Violence and Videotape
– “Sex, Violence and Videotape,” Wall Street Journal, May 31, 1994.A Third Cheer for Capitalism
– Irwin Stelzer, "A Third Cheer for Capitalism," in The Neoconservative Imagination: Essays in Honor of Irving Kristol, ed. Christopher DeMuth and William Kristol, (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1995).Culture and Kristol
– Robert H. Bork, "Culture and Kristol," in The Neoconservative Imagination: Essays in Honor of Irving Kristol, ed. Christopher DeMuth and William Kristol, (Washington, DC: AEI Press, 1995).Children, Hollywood, and Censorship
– “Children, Hollywood, and Censorship,” The American Enterprise, September/October 1995.Censorship?
– “Censorship?” (A symposium), The Weekly Standard, August 23, 1999.Excerpt: For years now, conservatives have been waiting for “the people” to rise up against the institutional elites who have imposed their culture on us. But the people can’t be… More
Irving Kristol’s Clear Thinking
– Jonah Goldberg, "Irving Kristol's Clear Thinking," Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2009.Excerpt: Buckley said that the neocons’ greatest contribution to conservatism was “sociology.” The early National Review conservatism was more Aristotelian, Buckley observed, while… More
My Irving Kristol and Ours by Mary Eberstadt
– Mary Eberstadt, "My Irving Kristol and Ours," The Weekly Standard, October 5, 2009.Excerpt: “More than anyone alive, perhaps, Irving Kristol can take the credit for reversing the direction of American political culture.” These words taken from the Nation a few… More
The Neoconservative Persuasion: Selected Essays, 1942-2009
– New York: Basic Books, 2011.Foreword: In Memoriam: Irving Kristol, 1920-2009: William Kristol Introduction by Gertrude Himmelfarb I. IN THE BEGINNING . . . : Enquiry Auden: The Quality of Doubt A Christian… More