Sunday, April 28, 2019

Niskanen Center

For those who don't think the Niskanen Center is a neocon center.

New York Times Magazine provides this enlightening information:

In the early days of the new [Trump] administration, [Bill] Kristol and other shellshocked conservatives around Washington started getting together to commiserate. One of the more regular meetings took place every other Tuesday morning, hosted by the Niskanen Center, a new libertarian think tank started by alumni of the Cato Institute. Hosted by Niskanen’s co-founder, Jerry Taylor, the meetings — which participants called “the Meeting of the Concerned” — were held in a conference room in the basement of the CNN building near Union Station...

The gatherings attracted a roster of right-of-center familiars: the columnists Mona Charen, David Frum and Jennifer Rubin; the former Oklahoma representative Mickey Edwards; and onetime Republican administration officials like Linda Chavez. They were invitation-only and off the record. 
That list, folks, is the entire neocon frontline.

-RW

1 comment:

  1. But, but, The TIMES says they're "conservatives". "Right of center". "Libertarians". It can't be cluelessness. It's gotta be a lot more sinister.

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