Getting fired from National Review in the old days was a badge of honor.
James Burnham and Sam Francis led the rebels—some of the greatest thinkers of their time.
Burnham died, he wasn’t fired from National Review. Joe Sobran was fired, so was John Derbyshire.
I don’t think Sam Francis was ever writing for NR. He got fired by several other conservative outlets, thanks to a campaign labeling him a racist run by an opportunistic phony named Dinesh D’Souza.
Sam Francis, as some here know, was a prophet of MAGA decades before it had a name or a candidate that would represent it. Here’s an article mentioning Francis you ought to enjoy:
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/view/sam-francis-was-right/