” Whatever one might say of the National Review, it is a leading exponent of serious intellectual conservative thinking.”
In the years 1976 to 1990 maybe. And then the GOP girlyboys inherited what once had been an important magazine.
They still have some first rate writers and it hasn’t lost it’s perch as an intellectual lighthouse of conservative ideas.
Perhaps you read this article on Trump’s empty suit:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/422347/donald-trump-progressive-left-virus-conservative