Reactionary Mind

Late in life, William F. Buckley made a confession to Corey Robin. Capitalism is "e;boring,"e; said the founding father of the American right. "e;Devoting your life to it,"e; as conservatives do, "e;is horrifying if only because it's so repetitious. It's like sex."e; With this unlikely conversation began Robin's decade-long foray into the conservative mind. What is conservatism, and what's truly a...