(June 23, 2023—revised December 21, 2023) William Rusher, a dynamic force on the American right who passed away in 2011 after decades as comrade and...
Rusher at 100: Realism for the 21st Century
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William A. Rusher Centennial Project
“If Not Us, Who?”
If Not Us, Who? takes you on a journey into the life of William Rusher, a key player in shaping the modern conservative movement. Known for his long...
Bill’s Biography
William Rusher was an influential political strategist, commentator, and debater at the heart of the conservative movement in the second half of the...
Decline of U.S. Strength Perception
"We labored for at least two decades to persuade the rest of the world that we are a paper tiger. We succeeded, and the world is acting...
Renewal of National Will
"The masters of the Kremlin are not ten feet tall, and there is no objective reason why they must prevail. America's resources are as vast as...
Soviet System’s Unsustainability
"Soviet society is simply too incongruent with the realities of human nature and the laws of economics to survive indefinitely … As the noose of...
Nixon’s China Policy Skepticism
"Reportedly Nixon … regards the détente with Peking as the principal jewel in the notoriously underdecorated diadem of his administration, but the...
Damaging Political Personalities
"in theory you had to ask their permission to set foot there, and I didn't think they had the right to grant permission. So I would just wait until...
Influence of Witness Book
"It is not too much to say … that Witness is the beginning of wisdom for those who would truly understand the problem of American Communism. It is...
UN and Lost Hopes
"Most of the hopes vested in the UN were absurd from the start; virtually all of the rest have been destroyed, one by one, as it has increasingly...
Preferring Foreign Policy
"I know very little about economics and dislike what little I know. Why not assign me to talk on some aspect of the Communism question?" Source: If...
Motives Behind Foreign Aid
"Certainly the motive cannot be frugality; Congress is capable of squandering ten times $222 million in a single afternoon. Nor is there even any...
Advice for the Soviet Collapse
"Encourage the ailing Soviet system to (1) sit down, (2) lie down, and (3) die, in that order. It has started to sit down. This is not the time to...
Conflicted Loyalty in Espionage
"Every man feels a natural distaste for exposing others whose crimes, however great, seem after all no greater to him than the crimes of the one...
Spy Scandal Irony
"General Taylor, we have all enjoyed your witty remarks on the vicissitudes of ‘our party,' and the medal you evidently feel Senator McCarthy has...