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Category Archives: The Back Channel

Taki Radio – An Interview with National Review’s John Derbyshire

National Review Online contributor John Derbyshire discusses two recent columns, Taki’s Magazine feature column “Sailer-ism: Citizenism, Inconvenient Truths & Examined Life” and The American Conservative’s late February cover story “How Radio Wrecks the Right.”
Length: 18:27
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Taki Radio – Decentralism and “Front Porch Republic”-Style Conservatism

Taki’s Magazine editor Richard Spencer and Taki’s contributor Dylan Hales elaborate on recent columns (Richard here and Dylan here) and their views concerning decentralist or localist politics as they relate to the new website Front Porch Republic, featuring writers Bill Kauffman, Daniel Larison, Rod Dreher and others.
Length: 25:56
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About.com Rates Taki’s Magazine #3 US Conservative Website

I was pleased to see so many Alternative Right, or Paleoconservative-friendly, websites in the top 10. Writes Taki’s editor Richard Spencer:

“About.com, which has some 40 kagillion viewers worldwide or something like that, has just published a Top 10 list of the best conservative websites offering the “most insightful and informative conservative perspectives anywhere.” Taki’s Magazine [...]

SA@Takimag – Axis of the Expendable: Frum vs. Limbaugh

It seems David Frum’s “axis-of-evil” has been replaced with a new enemy – the “axis-of-the-expendable,” or populist talk radio, once his greatest media ally but now his greatest embarrassment. The neocons loved when talk radio rallied the masses to support their war – but in true elite fashion, now that they’re no longer needed, neocons [...]

SA Radio – Tom Woods Interviewed on WTMA’s “The Morning Buzz”

Richard Todd and I interview New York Times bestselling author Tom Woods and discuss his new book Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse.
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D.L. Hughley Loves Ron Paul

This is a great and funny interview. I particularly liked the Lincoln/slavery/Civil War comments at the end. I’ll now try to make a point to watch Hughley’s show more often (via Eric A. Garris at LewRockwell.com):

Newsweek Interview with Mark Sanford

From this week’s Newsweek:
NEWSWEEK: In devising a new strategy for the party, where do you go from here?
SANFORD: “There is an eternal tug of war within the party on where we go from here and how we find a way out. One camp says the key is to appeal to Hispanics and women and use [...]

Rush at CPAC – Right-Wing Rousseauism?

A great take on Rush Limbaugh’s CPAC speech by Rod Dreher on what looks to be a promising new website, Front Porch Republic:
“Dallas, TX – I am bemused, appalled, and fascinated — more or less at the same time — by the foofarah over Rush Limbaugh’s CPAC speech. His version of conservatism is popular, of [...]

The American Conservative on Mark Sanford: “Plain Right”

Here is an excerpt from The American Conservative’s Michael Brendan Dougherty’s excellent, cover story piece on South Carolina’s exceptionally conservative governor:
“Mark Sanford is easy to overlook. If Republicans need a champion in the Obama era, there are more colorful candidates than the South Carolina governor. He doesn’t play electric bass, or to the Religious Right, like Mike [...]

Taki Radio – Young Americans for Liberty’s Jeff Frazee Discusses CPAC 2009

Executive Director for Young Americans for Liberty Jeff Frazee talks about CPAC 2009, the conservative movement,the Republican Party and the great response his organization and their sister group, Campaign for Liberty, have been recieving.
Length 17:51
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