Joseph Sobran (1946–2010,) born Michael Joseph Sobran Jr., was an American paleoconservative journalist, columnist, and author known for his provocative views. He championed traditional conservatism, national identity, and a non-interventionist foreign policy.
Born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Sobran studied English at Eastern Michigan University. He joined National Review in 1972 as a columnist, later becoming a senior editor. His writing opposed big government and promoted isolationism in U.S. foreign policy, but his tenure ended in 1993 after disagreements with publisher William F. Buckley Jr.
Beyond National Review, Sobran contributed to The Wanderer (1988–2007,) Chronicles, and Catholic Family News. He was also a CBS Radio Spectrum commentator for over two decades.
His books include Alias Shakespeare (1997,) arguing Edward de Vere authored Shakespeare’s works, Single Issues: Essays on the Crucial Social Questions (1983,) Hustler: The Clinton Legacy (2000,) and Joseph Sobran: The National Review Years (2012.)
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The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself.
—Joseph Sobran
Freedom is coming to mean little more than the right to ask permission.
—Joseph Sobran
Politics is the conspiracy of the unproductive but organized against the productive but unorganized.
—Joseph Sobran
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