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Catholic.edu. Dan McCarthy joins us today. He is a contributor to First Things.

In fact, his writings appear in many places that I think our readers are familiar with, both with First Things, and even in places like The New York Times.

His review of two books on conservatism, in fact, in the August-September issue, I think, I'll tell you, Dan, I think that was masterful

the way you examine those books. And he's also the editor of modern age. He has written a forward

to a new edition of a book called The Conservative Affirmation by Wilmore Kendall, which was first published in

1963. It's been reissued, and Dan is here to discuss that work and Kendall himself.

Welcome, Dan. Thank you for joining us.

Thanks, Mark. I'm delighted to join you.

All right. Well, first, a quick overview, who was Wilmore Kendall?

Well, you know, Wilmore Kendall was described by Dwight McDonald, who was a left-wing but rather cantankerous writer back in the 1950s, as being a, quote, wild Yale dawn.

Wilmore Kendall was a professor at Yale University in the politics department

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