Irving Kristol, 1920-2009
Many of Irving Kristol’s greatest contributions to America’s intellectual culture and public life were published in the pages of the magazine he co-founded and edited for four decades: The Public Interest.
National Affairs is proud to host the complete archives of The Public Interest. Below is the archive of Kristol’s contributions to the magazine — from its first issue to its last.
Editorial — What is the Public Interest?
Fall 1965 # 1
The troublesome intellectuals
Winter 1966 # 2
COMMENT — New left, new right
Summer 1966 # 4
The underdeveloped profession
Winter 1967 # 6
COMMUNICATION — The Times: An Exchange
Spring 1967 # 7
Decentralization for what?
Spring 1968 # 11
Who knows New York? — and other notes on a mixed-up city
Summer 1969 # 16
"When virtue loses all her loveliness" — some reflections on Capitalism and "the free society"
Fall 1970 # 21
"Capitalism" and "the free society"
Winter 1971 # 22
From Priorities to Goals
Summer 1971 # 24
Of populism and taxes
Summer 1972 # 28
Capitalism, socialism, and nihilism
Spring 1973 # 31
Taxes, poverty, and equality
Fall 1974 # 37
On corporate capitalism in America
Fall 1975 # 41
Skepticism, meliorism, and The Public Interest
Fall 1985 # 81
"The spirit of ‘87"
Winter 1987 # 86
American conservatism 1945-1995
Fall 1995 # 121
Is technology a threat to liberal society?
Spring 2001 # 143
Forty Good Years
Spring 2005 # 159
Notice To Our Readers
Spring 2005 # 159
