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20-594: Newspapers Journals TV channels Websites Other Economics Gun rights Identity politics Nativist Religion Watchdog groups Youth/student groups Miscellaneous Other National Affairs is a quarterly magazine in the United States about political affairs that was first published in September 2009. Its founding editor, Yuval Levin , and authors are typically considered to be conservative and right-wing . The magazine
40-463: A "policy-laden manifesto... which is the most coherent and compelling policy agenda the American right has produced this century." Ross Douthat called Levin a leader of the "reform conservative" movement, and Levin was prominently featured in a 2014 New York Times Magazine cover story about the conservative intellectuals who comprise it. The Times' Sam Tanenhaus wrote that Levin was one of
60-430: A congressional staffer at the member, committee, and leadership levels. Levin's essays and articles have appeared in numerous publications, among them, The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , and Commentary . He is the author of five books on public policy and political theory, including The Fractured Republic (Basic Books, 2016) and A Time to Build (Basic Books, 2020). Levin
80-411: A group of young conservative Republicans who had "become the leaders of a small band of reform conservatives, sometimes called reformicons, who believe the health of the G.O.P. hinges on jettisoning its age-old doctrine — orgiastic tax-cutting, the slashing of government programs, the championing of Wall Street — and using an altogether different vocabulary, backed by specific proposals, that will reconnect
100-545: A lot of the policy debates we have make much more sense if you see that people are arguing about two ways of understanding what the human person is, what human society is, and especially what the liberal society is. The left and right in our country are both liberal, they both believe in the free society, but they mean something very different by that. Conservatism, Levin has notably said, "understands society not as just individuals and government, but thinks of it in terms of everything that happens in between. That huge space between
120-602: Is Ryan T. Anderson , who previously worked as the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation . He succeeded Edward Whelan , who serves as EPPC's vice president, and also holds the title of distinguished senior fellow and Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies. Former president of EPPC from 1989 through June 1996, George Weigel , Catholic theologian and papal biographer,
140-511: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about magazines . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . Yuval Levin Yuval Levin (born April 6, 1977) is an Israeli-born American conservative political analyst , academic , and journalist . He is the founding editor of National Affairs (2009–present), the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at
160-498: Is also a distinguished senior fellow. EPPC is a qualified 501(c)(3) organization . EPPC was founded in 1976 by Ernest W. Lefever , an American political theorist. He was nominated in 1981 for a US State Department position by US President Ronald Reagan before ultimately being rejected for the opportunity for his controversial background. He served as president of EPPC until 1989 and continued to write scholarly articles for EPPC until his death in 2009. Lefever said upon founding
180-492: Is published by National Affairs, Inc. , which previously published the magazines The National Interest (1985–2001) and The Public Interest (1965–2005). National Affairs, Inc., was originally run by Irving Kristol , and featured board members such as former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger , former ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick , and author Charles Murray . In
200-711: The American Enterprise Institute (2019–present), and a contributing editor of National Review (2007–present) and co-founder and a senior editor of The New Atlantis (2003–present) . Levin was the vice president and Hertog Fellow of Ethics and Public Policy Center (2007–19), executive director of the President's Council on Bioethics (2001–04), Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy (2004–07), and contributing editor to The Weekly Standard (95–2018). Prior to that he served as
220-458: The University of Chicago . Levin writes about political theory , science , technology , and public policy . On the relationship between political theory and public policy, Levin has observed: For me, these things are very deeply connected. I think politics really is rooted in political philosophy , is much better understood when it's understood in light of political philosophy. And that
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#1732783138069240-491: The editorial in the inaugural issue, editor Yuval Levin elaborated on the magazine's mission: " National Affairs will have a point of view, but not a party line. It will begin from confidence and pride in America, from a sense that our challenge is to build on our strengths to address our weaknesses, and from the conviction that chief among those strengths are our democratic capitalism , our ideals of liberty and equality under
260-478: The editors of The Public Interest , and notes that "the complete archives of The Public Interest are available for the first time" on its website. On September 7, 2009, David Brooks of the New York Times reviewed the first issue. He wrote that " The Public Interest closed in 2005", leaving "a gaping hole. Fortunately, a new quarterly magazine called National Affairs is starting up today to continue
280-523: The group describes itself as "dedicated to applying the Judeo-Christian moral tradition to critical issues of public policy", and advocacy of founding principles such as the rule of law. The EPPC is active in a number of ways, including hosting lectures and conferences, publishing written work from the group’s scholars, and running programs, which are intended to explore areas of public concern and interest. Since February 2021, EPPC's president
300-441: The individual and the state is where society actually is. And that's where families are, it's where communities are, it's where the market economy is." In 2014, Levin co-edited, with Ramesh Ponnuru , Room to Grow: Conservative Reforms for a Limited Government and a Thriving Middle Class, a reform conservative manifesto and policy agenda. The book was widely praised, with New York Times columnist David Brooks describing it as
320-607: The institute that "a small ethically oriented center" should "respond directly to ideological critics who insist the corporation is fundamentally unjust." EPPC's website states that the organization works "to apply the riches of the Judeo-Christian tradition to contemporary questions of law, culture, and politics, in pursuit of America’s continued civic and cultural renewal." From 2003 to 2018, EPPC published The New Atlantis: A Journal of Technology and Society . In January 2018, The New Atlantis became independent of EPPC and
340-452: The law, and our roots in the longstanding traditions of the West . We will seek to cultivate an open-minded empiricism , a decent respect for the awesome complexity of life in society, and a healthy skepticism of the serene technocratic confidence that is too often the dominant flavor of social science and public policy. And we will take politics seriously". The editorial expresses gratitude to
360-546: The party to middle-class and low-income voters." Levin was called "probably the most influential conservative intellectual of the Obama era" by Jonathan Chait of New York Magazine , further noting that he had been recently recognized as such when granted the prestigious $ 250,000 Bradley Prize. Ethics and Public Policy Center The Ethics and Public Policy Center ( EPPC ) is a conservative , Washington, D.C. –based think tank and advocacy group . Founded in 1976,
380-460: The work." Brooks continued by noting that the magazine occupied "the bloody crossroads where social science and public policy meet matters of morality, culture and virtue". "In a world of fever swamp politics and arid, overly specialized expertise," Brooks wrote in his closing, " National Affairs arrives at just the right time." National Affairs "makes its home at the American Enterprise Institute ." This American political magazine article
400-613: Was born in Haifa , Israel , and moved to the United States with his family at the age of eight. He attended Hillsborough High School in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey , becoming a founding member of its debate club, and graduated in 1995. He graduated from American University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science , then earned a Master of Arts and a Ph.D. from the Committee on Social Thought at
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