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...other side of the new schism, Irving Kristol, a founder of neoconservatism (and of National Interest), hears in some voices of the neocon chorus "echoes of the 1930s -- echoes of nativism and xenophobia, indifference (or worse) to Nazism and fascism, broad hints of anti-Semitism." He does not name names, but he clearly has in mind Buchanan, who has created a furor by insinuating that Jews fanned the flames of the gulf war. Kristol believes that in an increasingly interdependent world, "Fortress America" is simply not an option...
Irving Kristol, often described as the godfather of neoconservatism, came up with the notion about three years ago. The Public Interest (circ. 12,000), the neocon-servative quarterly devoted to domestic issues that he helped found 20 years ago, had shown that it could attract an in-tensely loyal audience. So why not start a similar journal on foreign policy? This week Kristol will test that idea when the National Interest hits the newsstands. The new quarterly, says Kristol, will provide a forum where conservatives "can argue with one another...
...occupation with Podhoretz, one wonders? Intellectual rivalry? Is Trillin a fifth-column neocon? Passages like the following certainly raise speculation: "Looking for ways to ease my mind about signs that the danger of nuclear war is increasing. I stumbled across one comforting thought: maybe the Russian missiles won't work. I realize that the possibility of a simple malfunction is a thin reed upon which to hang the survival of the species. Still, it's what I have for now, and I'm going with...