Say what? Did you actually mean to say the National Review is not and was not libertarian?
It should interest you to know the Nat Rev was founded by William F Buckley. One of the foremost libertarians ever to spout liberaltarian nonsense.
And true to form, they are still in opposition to conservative viewpoints.
I was a libertarian in my younger days.
Buckley _hated_ us—and told me that to my face!