The GOP claims to be conservative, but is it really? Sam Tanenhaus argues that classical conservatism has disappeared from modern politics, replaced by a radical movement of revenge. In a detailed narrative history, The Death of Conservatism, he outlines the Republican Party's political transformation. In this week's Washington Book Club, Tanenhaus, who was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Whittaker Chambers: A Biography before becoming editor of the New York Times book review, chatted with U.S. News about conservative politics, the role of intellectuals, and the possibility of a revival. Read excerpts from the interview in our digital weekly and weigh in below. Is conservatism dead?




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