Britain’s great 19 th century statesman Lord Palmerston once remarked that England had “no eternal allies, and . . . no perpetual enemies.” “Our interests,” he continued, “are eternal ...

The documentary Arguing the World famously focused on four of them: Irving Kristol (father of Bill), Nathan Glazer, Irving Howe (who recruited Irving to the Trotskyist cause), and Daniel Bell.

I came to this view by way of Irving Kristol. Irving wasn’t for political censorship, and neither am I (depending what you mean by the term). Irving argued that, “If you care for the quality ...

Left faces: Irving Kristol (far right, standing) at City College, in Joseph Dorman's "Arguing the World." Premise: A documentary on post–World War II New York intellectuals, and all their ...