“Happily, I am not ending the column with a gloomy conviction that America is heading to hell in a handbasket. On the contrary … I think the country, on the whole, is in reasonably good shape.”
Source: The Conservative Advocate,”The Final Column” (March 3, 2009)
Keywords: public-discourse,remembrance
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William A. Rusher (1923–2011), publisher of National Review (1957–1988), was a leading conservative spokesman, columnist, and author. He helped draft Barry Goldwater for the 1964 GOP nomination, shaping the party’s future. A Princeton and Harvard Law graduate, he served in WWII, worked in law, and advised the U.S. Senate. In 1989, he became a Distinguished Fellow at the Claremont Institute and remained active in conservative circles until his passing in 2011.
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