Talk:Kevin Phillips (political commentator)

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Why nothing on any of his other books? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.156.42.221 (talk) 17:51, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

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Could this author acheive legitimacy if he had some whacky theory of a national conspiracy of say, Jews or Blacks instead of Christians? —This unsigned comment was added by 12.191.43.5 (talk • contribs) .

Contents 1 Religion? 2 Summaries of Books 3 Sentence should change 4 Critical reception 5 CBS Radio Work

[edit] Religion?

Anybody have a clue on Phillips' religious background / affiliation? -- Writtenonsand 20:41, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

From a TNR bio (which has more depth on his background than just this quote):

"His father was Catholic and his mother was Protestant. He went to the Bronx High School of Science rather than to a Catholic school. "My religion was reading the Sunday papers," he explained." (Judis, John B. "Kevin Phillips, Ex-Populist" The New Republic May 22, 2006.)

Still A Student 14:37, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

I found "American Theocracy" compelling in it's description of the continuation of the Confederate myths, particularly after reading "The Warrior Generals" by Buell. Iltscab (talk) 05:53, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Summaries of Books

With permission or not, the reviews copied from other websites make terrible summaries of his books. Arzachel 19:56, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sentence should change

"In American Theocracy Phillips has come full circle, becoming a very harsh critic of the Republican Party (GOP)." Sounds more like a half-circle to me. Rsmoore (talk) 21:52, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Critical reception

Now with the sub-prime mess, the New Republic has removed the link #6 for the quote "However, Joseph Loconte, of the conservative thinktank the Heritage Foundation labeled it a work of "irrational, fantastical, near-nativist charges" at: (http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w061023&s=locontesullivan102406) from their web site. The Heritage Foundation web site doesn't carry Joseph Loconte's article on Kevin Phillips or American Theocracy.

Should Joseph Loconte's comment be retained?—Preceding unsigned comment added by Titahibay (talk • contribs) 17:53, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CBS Radio Work

I remember listening to Phillips comments on CBS radio in the 1970s and 1980s. He was part of a group of commentators, and the program was called Spectrum. This can be added to the main page if someone has documentation.