"while he praised the graphic novels of Chris Ware and Daniel Clowes, he was cold to the work of Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez" That quote right there demonstrates to me the gaping flaw in Teachout. I never read the man, so I'll respect your vision of him, but my god, how can anyone on the face of this green earth like Clowes but not like Love and Rockets? Don't get me wrong, Clowes' work is fabulous, but ultimately it's cold as the grave. Los Bros Hernandez, on the other hand are full of life, fire and, most importantly, humanity. I stole illustrations from Jaime's work all the time, and I'd still give almost anything to be able to match his sense of mise en scene and minimalist realism.
" It would have been a major contribution for a writer of Teachout’s caliber to make an inquiry into how the right had gone haywire, but he never made the effort."
Some will call it a 'conservatism of memory', others will just call it abject cowardice in confronting the Frankenstein monster that he helped create by adhering to a corruptible cultural paradigm defined by an unwillingness to accept change and its avowed Fear of the Future.
Intellectual/academic conservatism is now dead, replaced by especially cruel and banal, yet nasty-spirited reactionary mendacity....just like 'Principled Centrism' as a bulwark of opposition to political extremes has evaporated. What surprises me is that despite his intellectual gifts Teachout never saw it coming, most likely because he had purposefully and deliberately buried his head in the sand.
Thanks for that remembrance of TT. Few recall, as you do, that National Review once had a respectable section (or two). The sundering of a thoughtful conservatism is, pardon my grandiloquence, one of the great losses of modern times. I appreciate your historical interest in the question.
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"while he praised the graphic novels of Chris Ware and Daniel Clowes, he was cold to the work of Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez" That quote right there demonstrates to me the gaping flaw in Teachout. I never read the man, so I'll respect your vision of him, but my god, how can anyone on the face of this green earth like Clowes but not like Love and Rockets? Don't get me wrong, Clowes' work is fabulous, but ultimately it's cold as the grave. Los Bros Hernandez, on the other hand are full of life, fire and, most importantly, humanity. I stole illustrations from Jaime's work all the time, and I'd still give almost anything to be able to match his sense of mise en scene and minimalist realism.
" It would have been a major contribution for a writer of Teachout’s caliber to make an inquiry into how the right had gone haywire, but he never made the effort."
Some will call it a 'conservatism of memory', others will just call it abject cowardice in confronting the Frankenstein monster that he helped create by adhering to a corruptible cultural paradigm defined by an unwillingness to accept change and its avowed Fear of the Future.
Intellectual/academic conservatism is now dead, replaced by especially cruel and banal, yet nasty-spirited reactionary mendacity....just like 'Principled Centrism' as a bulwark of opposition to political extremes has evaporated. What surprises me is that despite his intellectual gifts Teachout never saw it coming, most likely because he had purposefully and deliberately buried his head in the sand.
Thanks for that remembrance of TT. Few recall, as you do, that National Review once had a respectable section (or two). The sundering of a thoughtful conservatism is, pardon my grandiloquence, one of the great losses of modern times. I appreciate your historical interest in the question.
Hello, I'd like to use this picture for findagrave.com Terry's profile. ( created by Don Skokan) Let me know if there might be any copyright concern, ah?