Table of Contents
Introduction Jonah Goldberg ix
1 The Politics of Authenticity Matthew Lee Anderson 1
2 Pursuing Happiness Joseph Ashby 13
3 The Conservative Gene Robin A. Dembroff 23
4 Splendid Isolation Michael Brendan Dougherty 35
5 Choosing Freedom or Chains Andrew J. Foy Jr., MD 47
6 The Girls I Knew at Yale Nathan Harden 57
7 A Nonconforming Reconstruction Justin Katz 71
8 The Consistency of Gay Conservatives James Kirchick 79
9 Seeing the Light in Seventh Grade Evan Coyne Maloney 89
10 Man Up Katherine Miller 103
11 Liberals Are Dumb: And Other Shared Texts Rachel Matte 113
12 Immersion Experience Caitrin Nicol 123
13 Confessions of a Radical Republican Matt Patterson 133
14 A "Frank" Exchange: The Tale of My Political Conversion Joel B. Pollak 145
15 The Leptogonians: Growing Up Conservative in a Disrupted Decade James Poulos 157
16 The Smoker's Code Helen Rittelmeyer 171
17 Free to Serve Bill Rivers 181
18 Conservatism for Punks Todd Seavey 191
19 Why I'm Glad Liberals Are Bullies Ben Shapiro 203
20 Ducking the Coffins: How I Became an Edu-Con Ashley Thorne 211
21 Prosperity: The Choice of a New Generation Michael Warren 225
22 Reading Rand: Discovering the Right to Fail Joi Weaver 235
Contributors 243