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Irving William Kristol (/ ˈ k r ɪ s t əl /; January 22, 1920 – September 18, 2009) was an American journalist and writer. As a founder, editor, and contributor to various magazines, he played an influential role in the intellectual and political culture of the latter half of the twentieth century. [1]
May 2, 2024 · Irving Kristol (born Jan. 20, 1920, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 18, 2009, Arlington, Va.) was an American essayist, editor, and publisher, best known as an intellectual founder and leader of the neoconservative movement in the United States.
Sep 18, 2009 · Irving Kristol, the political commentator who, as much as anyone, defined modern conservatism and helped revitalize the Republican Party in the late 1960s and early ’70s, setting the stage...
Irving Kristol (1920–2009), one of the great essayists, editors, and public intellectuals of the twentieth century, was at the center of a transformative force in American politics and thought: neoconservatism.
In an age when everyone clamors to be a television talking head and airtime logged has become the measure of political influence, Kristol was most comfortable working behind the scenes.
Sep 18, 2009 · Irving Kristol, writer, editor, and social philosopher, has died in Washington at the age of 89. His wisdom, wit, good humor, and generosity of spirit made him a friend and mentor to several...
Sep 20, 2009 · Irving Kristol, 1920-2009. According to his obituary in the New York Times, Irving Kristol once felt intimidated among New York intellectuals when he found himself seated with Mary McCarthy...
No one ever accused Irving Kristol of being a poet. He was born in 1920 in Brooklyn, to impoverished, nonobservant Jewish parents. “We were poor,” he later recalled, “but then everyone was poor, more or less,” and he never fully lost the self-sufficient toughness that he gained from the experience.
An introduction to the ideas of the political thinker Irving Kristol (1920 - 2009). Includes essays, bibliographies, multimedia, and more.
EI senior fellow Irving Kristol--godfather of the neoconservative movement and one of the towering intellectual figures of the twentieth century--died peacefully on September 18 at the age of eighty-nine. Mr. Kristol's connection to AEI began long before he became a full-time scholar at the Institute in 1988.
