(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...
Building a New Coalition
"Of course, nothing worth while is ever achieved without sacrifice, and the formation of the coalition I have described will entail losses as well...
Politicians’ Courteous Self-Interest
"Politicians are characteristically most polite to people whose support they hope some day to get, not to those whose support they already have."...
Low Standards in Politicians
"Politicians are the grease on which society's wheels turn. And they can't be better, most of the time, than a sort of low competence and honor."...
Politics as a Serious Profession
"Politics … is a serious business—for its regular practitioners a true profession—and experience acquired in it, in managerial as much as in...
Media’s Revolving Door
"Precise what metamorphosis do the Dotty Lynches of contemporary Washington undergo on the short trip from Senator Hart's headquarters to CBS? And...
Presidential Unpopularity Cycles
"Presidents wear out their welcome, and each president is denounced as the worst president we have ever had. I heard that about literally every...
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...
McCarthy’s Relentlessness
"Most politicians will agree with you and not mean a goddamn word of it." Source: If Not Us, Who? William Rusher, National Review, and the...
Security vs. Rights in Government
"It is entirely proper to remove an employee from a government job if he is demonstrably a security risk, without requiring the government to prove...
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...
Refusing Soviet Travel
"It is a waste of time to squander a lot of heavy logic on situations that are simply not designed to respond to purely logical treatment." Source:...
Rusher’s Razor on the GOP
"I made up my mind years ago that salvation for America, if it is to come at all, will not take place through the medium of the Republican Party....