[LurkerNoMore!]

I disagree that York is only on the margins of conservatism. Have you read any of his National Review stuff? This guy is a true investigational journalist.

I will be watching, though. I hope I am not wrong about him.

[JohnGalt]

I agree about York's talents as an investigator and frankly, as an unbiased journalist.

I loved the Spectator of the '90s and welcome the 'new.'

[flushed with pride]

After further thought, I just had to ventilate my spleen a little more.

I noticed that Byron York is now 'free lancing'(?) for Altantic Monthly. Not exactly a step to the right. But hey Byron, I understand. You gotta pay the bills, man. I mean, if your editor over at AM calls you up and tells you to drive a spike into the head of a former competitor (even if the same used to employ you and praised you to his readership), then you gotta do what you gotta do. Hell, you may even get to unleash a few petty jealousies while you take up the grudge that AM has had against them for years. If that's the case, then congratulaions, Byron, you'll make a fine whore. Forget all that do-goody-good crap about integrity and loyalty---the business of investigative journalism ain't no Sunday School class, pal.

But who knows? Maybe Byron IS undergoing a Brockian transformation. I seem to remeber when David Brick, er, I mean , uh, Brock (sorry for the Freudian slip, but his career has fallen like one) made his reverse metamorphosis from conservative butterfly to sh*t-eating left-wing maggot, he immediately became the darling of the liberal media establishment (as well as of the POTUS himself), suddenly worthy of their attention. Now he's barely a blip on the radar screen; but after they tire of buggering him for their purposes, D.B. will probably slither back into obscurity, or flip-flop back to being a conservative again (*sigh*). I HOPE B.Y. doesn't go that route.

[habs4ever]

No, you're not wrong about BY. He was very good at TAS and he does a very fine job at National Review now too.Many of the board members began dropping off after '96, like PJ O'Rourke, Novak, Wolfe, Worsthorne, Paul Johnson...it was very alarming, indicating something was afoot.And then the articles began to get more shrill and one-note.