Kristol Reflections: How the Neocon Godfather Rewrote the American Right

by Daniel McCarthy – The American Conservative

When Irving Kristol died on Sept. 18, neoconservatism lost more than just its "godfather." It lost its most unabashed exponent, "a true, self-confessed—perhaps the only—'neoconservative,'" as he described himself in the title of a 1979 essay. Others of his persuasion have disclaimed the label, coined as a reproach by [...:]