For your listening pleasure, here's our deep-dive on Joan Didion's conservatism—her Sacramento roots, her early writing for National Review, why she loved Barry Goldwater (and hated Ronald Reagan), and much more. Our guest? The great Sam Tanenhaus. Enjoy!…https://know-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com/episodes/joan-didion-conservative-w-sam-tanenhaus …
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Indeed! We get into Kenner’s objections briefly.
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Kenner really had contempt for Reagan. It's more in his letters to Davenport & Buckley than even in his one published piece on RR.
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There's a whole bit near the end about the "crisis" at NR over the shift from Goldwater to Reagan. Wills voted for Goldwater in '64, too.
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