September 19, 2011 Modern liberalism as a political religion is a topic of enduring interest–especially to conservatives on the receiving end of the latest leftist crusade. David Horowitz’s stunning autobiography, Radical Son, although not presented as a study of political religion, is one of the great explorations of the subject. Horowitz’s parents were committed Communists, […]
By Wilfred M. McClay — December 2011 Commentary Magazine There are only three chapters in David Horowitz’s brief, poignant, and gracefully written memoir, A Point in Time. But their unadorned titles convey the book’s underlying theme: “October 2006,” “November 2008,” and “December 2010.” This succession of months marks the inexorable tread of winter closing in, […]
June 15, 2015 Reprinted from PowerlineBlog.com FrontPage managing editor Jamie Glazov commissioned me to review David Horowitz’s new book, You’re Going To Be Dead One Day: A Love Story (Regnery, 176 pages, $24.99). Today is the book’s official publication date and the book is now available at Amazon. Jamie has authorized me to post my […]
June 15, 2015 Fourteen years ago I was sitting in an airport lounge waiting for my flight when I opened a notebook and began jotting the outlines of a memoir about mortality and age. I was 62 at the time, which is not that old under the standard that modern medicine has set. In fact, […]
By Jim Fletcher December 25, 2009 Originally published at WND.com As a founder of the “New Left” in the ’60s, David Horowitz unintentionally added to the rich hues of his personality by making an about-face in worldview. Politically, Horowitz today is one of the icons of the conservative movement. His FrontPage Magazine website is a […]