Since the “100 Best” story first broke in The New York Times on Monday, July 20, 1998, all kinds of opinions about the list – and theories about the Modern Library’s purpose in concocting such a contest of sorts – emerged.
THE PANEL: Richard Brookhiser, NR senior editor David Brooks, senior editor of The Weekly Standard Christopher Caldwell, senior writer at The Weekly Standard Robert Conquest, historian David Gelernter, writer and computer scientist George Gilder, writer Mary Ann Glendon, professor at Harvard Law School Jeffrey Hart, NR senior editor Mark Helprin, novelist Arthur Herman, author of The Idea of Decline in Western History John Keegan, military historian Michael Kelly, editor of National Journal Florence King, author of Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady Michael Lind, journalist and novelist John Lukacs, historian Adam Meyerson, vice president at the Heritage Foundation Richard John Neuhaus, editor-in-chief of First Things John O'Sullivan, NR editor-at-large Richard Pipes, historian Abigail Thernstrom, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute Stephan Thernstrom, historian James Q.
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