Person

Jacob Heilbrunn

Bylines

Movement to Movement

Frank Meyer’s journey took him from communist agitator to conservative kingmaker.

by Jacob Heilbrunn via The American Conservative on August 25, 2025
Reassessing Woodrow Wilson, the Crusader President

A new biography offers a fair-minded portrait of a vain moralist and political visionary whose certitude exceeded his judgment.

by Jacob Heilbrunn via The American Conservative on May 29, 2018

America Last: The Right's Century-long Romance with Foreign Dictators

Jacob Heilbrunn

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Francisco Franco and Ronald Reagan in Madrid, 1972.

The Autocratic Allure

Why the far right embraces foreign tyrants.

by Beverly Gage via Foreign Affairs on August 20, 2024

William F. Buckley Jr. at a press conference.

An Implausible Mr. Buckley

A new PBS documentary whitewashes the conservative founder of National Review.

by Rick Perlstein via The American Prospect on April 17, 2024

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