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The NEW conservatives speak out
In 2008, when young voters turned out for Barack Obama in record numbers, liberal pundits crowed that conservatives are a dying breed. But is it true that the next generation is uniformly liberal? The answer, thankfully, is “no.”
Introduction Jonah Goldberg Goldberg, Jonah
1 The Politics of Authenticity Matthew Lee Anderson Anderson, Matthew Lee 1
2 Pursuing Happiness Joseph Ashby Ashby, Joseph 13
3 The Conservative Gene Robin A. Dembroff Dembroff, Robin A. 23
4 Splendid Isolation Michael Brendan Dougherty Dougherty, Michael Brendan 35
5 Choosing Freedom or Chains Andrew J. Foy Jr. Foy, Andrew J., Jr. 47
6 The Girls I Knew at Yale Nathan Harden Harden, Nathan 57
7 A Nonconforming Reconstruction Justin Katz Katz, Justin 71
8 The Consistency of Gay Conservatives James Kirchick Kirchick, James 79
9 Seeing the Light in Seventh Grade Evan Coyne Maloney Maloney, Evan Coyne 89
10 Man Up Katherine Miller Miller, Katherine 103
11 Liberals are Dumb: And Other Shared Texts Rachel Motte Motte, Rachel 113
12 Immersion Experience Caitrin Nicol Nicol, Caitrin 123
13 Confessions of a Radical Republican Matt Patterson Patterson, Matt 133
14 A "Frank" Exchange: The Tale of My Political Conversion Joel B. Pollak Pollak, Joel B. 145
15 The Leptogonians: Growing Up Conservative in a Disrupted Decade James Poulos Poulos, James 157
16 The Smoker's Code Helen Rittelmeyer Rittelmeyer, Helen 171
17 Free to Serve Bill Rivers Rivers, Bill 181
18 Conservatism for Punks Todd Seavey Seavey, Todd 191
19 Why I'm Glad Liberals Are Bullies Ben Shapiro Shapiro, Ben 203
20 Ducking the Coffins: How I Became an Edu-Con Ashley Thorne Thorne, Ashley 211
21 Prosperity: The Choice of a New Generation Michael Warren Warren, Michael 225
22 Reading Rand: Discovering the Right to Fail Joi Weaver Weaver, Joi 235
Contributors 243
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Overview
The NEW conservatives speak out
In 2008, when young voters turned out for Barack Obama in record numbers, liberal pundits crowed that conservatives are a dying breed. But is it true that the next generation is uniformly liberal? The answer, thankfully, is “no.”