Where is the Intellectual Right?

December 30, 2002 1:55 PM

Where is the Intellectual Right? Definitely not here. Or here. Unfortunately, Metafilter DOES have a bit of a liberal slant, but is there somewhere where one could find a right-wing forum or discussion group that is objective and fact-based? This isn't it either. Ann was suggested to me, but her column reads like a sarcastic cliche'-loving high school girl. So seriously. Where can I go for an objective right-wing view?
posted by Espoo2 (13 comments total)

Closer. . . but not quite.
posted by Espoo2 at 1:58 PM on December 30, 2002

Any place you go that clearly identifies itself as a member of either camp is just a circle jerk waiting to happen. Which is one of the many problems with American political thought these days, but that's another discussion...

If a source is objective, they're not going to pigeonhole themselves into Liberal/Conservative/What Have You.
posted by COBRA! at 2:03 PM on December 30, 2002

Check out reason.com which is more libertarian/right.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 2:04 PM on December 30, 2002

"Where can I go for an objective right-wing view?"

Is it possible to have a bias (in either direction) and be objective?

Just wonderin'.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 2:05 PM on December 30, 2002

heather macdonald. like both the left-wing and the right-wing, she's hardly objective, but she's rational and upfront with her bias.

like you can with all things considered, you can easily distill the idea and analysis from the politics.
posted by crush-onastick at 2:05 PM on December 30, 2002

Unfortunately, MetaFilter DOES have a tendency to be free in bestowing; free from restraint; favourable in reforms tending in the direction of freedom or democracy; free in speech or action; bountiful, generous or open-hearted.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 2:06 PM on December 30, 2002

Yes, I noticed that libertarian-leaning tendency in metafilter myself.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 2:07 PM on December 30, 2002

Good point, Cobra...
But you would agree the metafilter is usually a lot more liberal than conservative, would you not? We've got Steve of course...

So is there a similar forum somewhere, congregated by people with more conservative views, with an objective front?

This is in no way meant to be a troll... I'm searching for a more objective understanding of my own beliefs here, and would like to hear a cohesive and intelligent argument from the other side.
posted by Espoo2 at 2:08 PM on December 30, 2002

have you tried meinkampf.com ???
posted by sgt.serenity at 2:08 PM on December 30, 2002

There isn't a whole lot to his site but Dinesh D'Souza is my favorite spokesperson for the Right.
posted by Recockulous at 2:10 PM on December 30, 2002

Well, whenever Metafilter turns to politics, it seems to me you get two rival circlejerks (and yeah, the self-defined liberal one would appear to have more members) going with some harsh interactions between the two and...

Whoo boy, I'm dropping this metaphor. One more reason to avoid politics here.
posted by COBRA! at 2:14 PM on December 30, 2002

I cant believe that people think this place is left wing!

There are very few posters that I would consider to be left of centre on here. There are some people very right of centre granted, and compared to the likes of Hama and S@L other people are left leaning, but I would hardly consider this place to be positioned anywhere but firmly centre-right.

Now I'm looking for a nice Left Wing forum, which given the preponderance of Merkans on the 'net is bloody hard to find (pointers would be appreciated).
posted by couch at 2:17 PM on December 30, 2002

The National Review's Corner is generally well done, though they are a bit more socially conservative than many members of the "right". The Weekly Standard varies between being well written and informative, and fairly asinine. David Tell's work for them is well worth checking out, but many of the better contributors write more substantive pieces for the National Review (there's a fair degree of overlap there). The National Post is the premiere Canadian conservative paper, and tends to avoid the hyperbole that occasionally infects our neighbours to the south. The Economist is well-read, well-informed, and relatively objective in its reporting, though its editorial section tends to the crypto-libertarian.

Speaking of which, Reason.com and the Cato Institute are required reading for libertarians. If you had posted this a few days ago, I would have also recommended Free-Market.net, but as of Boxing Day, they have suspended operations indefinitely. I include the link in the off chance they reactivate sometime in the near future. For reading materials, Laissez Faire Books is the best source for libertarian reading materials.

Arts and Letters Daily is mildly right-wing, and generally links to the best of the written word online in any case. The New Criterion has a terrible webpage, but it's worth suffering through to read. It's one of the better conservative "culture" magazines, carrying on the spirit of the "Old" Criterion, edited by T.S. Eliot himself. And finally, Instapundit.com tends to be the best source for up to date commentary on what's going on in the world from a conservative/libertarian angle. Glenn Reynolds does a wonderful job on it, though fair warning must be given that it is a blog and thus given to all the failings of blogs despite its quality.
posted by Pseudoephedrine at 2:24 PM on December 30, 2002