Tomef
Well-Known Member
I'd never taken much of an interest in US politics until that bizarre Trump character appeared on the scene. Since then, I've tried, mostly in vain, to find a useful conservative news source, stateside. I think we're fortunate in Europe in that you can generally find good publications from across the political spectrum, from the UK for example, I read the Spectator, the Telegraph, The Times, the FT (mostly conservative leaning or centrist for those who don't know them, the FT being the least politically aligned IMO), sometimes the Guardian and the New Statesman (more left-leaning). All very good, I think, although the Telegraph can be a bit jingoistic. Newer on the scene is Unherd, which is pretty good, I think, and quite balanced.
In the states, though, most of the conservative press is utter garbage. Just emotionally-driven moron fodder, with little interest in anything beyond sensationalist ranting. Human Events sometimes prints articles worth reading, but that's about it. It's hard to get a conservative opinion that isn't some new version of an idiot fest. From the US, I read the NYT, WAPO, The New Yorker. Also Foreign Affairs, which I think is US based. The first three are high on quality and integrity, but - although the NYT in particular makes a point of publishing alternative, even bordering on extreme, conservative guest writers regularly - the first three papers here clearly lean towards a liberal agenda. I don't mind that, but I'd like to balance it with some coherent conservative perspectives.
Recently, I read one of Joe Walsh's books, and although his politics are not my cup of tea (pardon the pun), I found him refreshingly honest, principled and mature. He is so unlike any other North American conservative pundit I've come across that I feel like I've struck gold. I'm not all that interested in his politics, but he seems like the kind of normal political pundit a person can agree to disagree with, and has some genuine, sincerely held political beliefs. How is he seen, generally, in the US? Has anyone else read any of this books?
In the states, though, most of the conservative press is utter garbage. Just emotionally-driven moron fodder, with little interest in anything beyond sensationalist ranting. Human Events sometimes prints articles worth reading, but that's about it. It's hard to get a conservative opinion that isn't some new version of an idiot fest. From the US, I read the NYT, WAPO, The New Yorker. Also Foreign Affairs, which I think is US based. The first three are high on quality and integrity, but - although the NYT in particular makes a point of publishing alternative, even bordering on extreme, conservative guest writers regularly - the first three papers here clearly lean towards a liberal agenda. I don't mind that, but I'd like to balance it with some coherent conservative perspectives.
Recently, I read one of Joe Walsh's books, and although his politics are not my cup of tea (pardon the pun), I found him refreshingly honest, principled and mature. He is so unlike any other North American conservative pundit I've come across that I feel like I've struck gold. I'm not all that interested in his politics, but he seems like the kind of normal political pundit a person can agree to disagree with, and has some genuine, sincerely held political beliefs. How is he seen, generally, in the US? Has anyone else read any of this books?
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