Ep. 727 Ex-Neocon: A Refugee from Neoconservatism on His Departure

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Tom Woods

Politics, Economics, Libertarian, Government, News

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🗓️ 31 August 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Scott McConnell was once editorial page editor of the New York Post, and worked and published in neoconservative circles. Then something changed, and he helped found The American Conservative, an anti-neocon magazine. Lots covered here, including foreign policy, Israel/Palestine, the alt-right, and more.

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0:00.0	The Tom Woods Show, episode 727.
0:03.8	Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.
0:08.4	Your daily dose of liberty education starts here, the Tom Woods Show.
0:14.9	Folks, if you're looking for more libertarian podcasts, check out the Jason Stapleton program,
0:20.7	hosted by my friend Jason Stapleton. Monday through Friday, get a libertarian podcast. Check out the Jason Stapleton program hosted by my friend Jason Stapleton. Monday through
0:23.5	Friday, get a libertarian take on the news. Check it out at jasonstapleton.com. All right, one of the great
0:31.2	rules of the universe is about to be complied with right here before your eyes. And that rule is,
0:40.4	if you write a book called ex-neocon,
0:43.5	you are going to wind up on the Tom Wood Show at one time or another.
0:47.2	And that's, of course, what our guest has done, Scott McConnell.
0:52.2	Scott moved in neo-conservative circles for quite some time.
0:56.3	He was editorial page editor of the New York Post and wrote widely, for, for example, commentary, national review, and so on, but then became a founding editor of
1:03.8	the American conservative magazine, which was self-consciously founded as an anti-neoconservative
1:10.0	publication. So I'm glad to have Scott on the show with us,
1:14.6	linking to the book, of course, at tomwoods.com slash 727. Scott, welcome back to the show.
1:20.9	Thank you. As soon as I found out, you had a book called X-Neocon, I thought, well, look, this is a
1:25.8	natural. This thing's a definite. So I was glad to get it.
1:29.5	And I was actually sitting in a bar the other day, not drinking alcohol. And I had a lot of time in my
1:34.3	hands. So I sat down and read this thing. I thought, I'll skim it and find some good items in here.
1:38.9	And I just couldn't, I couldn't do anything other than read the whole thing. I just couldn't. I was just drawn into it. And I emailed you from there and said, well, I'll just put it this way. I said, doggon it,
1:49.0	you are a good writer. I mean, it really totally drew me in, because it is a collection of essays,
1:55.0	but they cohere around a theme. And of course, the theme is ex-neocon. I love the fact that there's no subtitle.
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