Friday, November 09, 2007

Conservatives v. Conservatives

No this isn't about Andrew Sullivan taking on all conservatives for not backing his man Obama. Seriously - Sullivan's puff piece in The Atlantic has to be the worst thing published in that magazine in ages. I can't imagine Michael Kelly wasting so much ink on an article that says nothing other than I like Obama because he's a cool cat. I digress...

What I meant to discuss is the news that conservative publisher Regnery is being sued by 4 authors for selling their books through Regnery affiliated channels at a deep discount. Here's the thing. I would buy a book from anyone of these dolts unless it was at a deep discount or a freebie from either Human Events or the Conservative Book Club. Who would pay full price for that crap?

I used to like Regnery books. Unfortunately they sold their soul a long time ago and have sacrificed quality works and poisoned the public square with demagogic works that add little to the national debate and even less to improving the conservative movement. In this instance Regnery is a victim of its own success.