Bill Kauffman (born November 15, 1959) is an American political writer generally aligned with the paleoconservative movement. He was born in Batavia, New York, and currently resides in Elba, New York, with his wife and daughter. is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paleoconservatism (sometimes shortened to paleo or paleocon when the context is clear) is a term for an anti-communist and anti-authoritarian[1] right wing movement based in the United States that stresses tradition, civil society and classical federalism, along with familial, religious, regional, national and Western identity. ... Batavia is a city in Genesee County, New York, USA. The population was 16,256 at the 2000 census. ... Elba muckland onion fields Elba is a village in Genesee County, New York, USA. The population was 696 at the 2000 census. ...

After earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rochester, he went to work as an aide to New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (which he would later describe as an "anarchist-making experience") in 1981. After leaving Moynihan's employ, Kauffman worked as Washington, D.C., editor for Reason before quitting over his disagreement with the magazine's Objectivist editorial slant, after which he and his family returned to Batavia. He is now a contributing editor to Chronicles and Liberty, and he has also written frequently for The American Conservative, The American Enterprise, The Wall Street Journal, and CounterPunch. A B.A. issued from the University of Tennessee. ... The University of Rochester (UR) is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research university located in Rochester, New York. ... Daniel Patrick “Pat” Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was a United States Senator, Ambassador, and eminent sociologist. ... Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... The libertarian Reason Magazine dedicated an issue to Ayn Rands influence one hundred years after her birth. ... This article is about the philosophy of Ayn Rand. ... Chronicles is a U.S. monthly magazine published by the paleoconservative Rockford Institute. ... Liberty is a leading libertarian journal founded in 1987 by R. W. Bradford (who was the magazines publisher and editor until his death from cancer in 2005) in Port Townsend, Washington, and currently edited from San Diego by Stephen Cox. ... The American Conservative magazine. ... The American Enterprise is a conservative magazine that primarily rails against those whose viewpoints differ from theirs. ... The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is an international daily newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company in New York City, New York, USA, with Asian and European editions, and a worldwide daily circulation of more than 2 million as of 2006, with 931,000 paying online subscribers. ... Counterpunch can refer to: In traditional typography, a counterpunch is a type of punch used to create the negative space in or around a character. ...

Although he is known as a paleoconservative, his politics remain difficult to categorize, as he holds strong libertarian leanings with culturally conservative and isolationist inclinations. He is a critic of development, frequently writes approvingly of distributism and agrarianism, and is extremely anti-corporation. Kauffman himself has described his politics as "a blend of Catholic Worker, Old Right libertarian, Yorker transcendentalist, and delirious localist." He has also described himself as a "Jeffersonian," an "anarchist," a "cheerful enemy of the state," a "reactionary Friend of the Library," and a "peace-loving football fan." Although he remains a registered Democrat, he rarely supports their candidates or their platform and has frequently voted Green since the collapse of the Reform Party in 2000. This article is about the political philosophy based on private property rights. ... Cultural conservatism is conservatism with respect to culture. ... For the electronic album, see Isolationism (album). ... Development criticism refers to far-reaching criticisms of modernization and its central aspects : modern technology, industrialization, capitalism and economic globalization . ... Distributism, also known as distributionism and distributivism, is a third-way economic philosophy formulated by such Roman Catholic thinkers as G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc to apply the principles of social justice articulated by the Roman Catholic Church, especially in Pope Leo XIIIs encyclical Rerum Novarum[1] and... Agrarianism is a social and political philosophy. ... Theory and practice Issues History Culture By region Lists Related Anarchism Portal Politics Portal ·        Anti-corporate activists (see activism) believe that the rise of large business corporations is posing a threat to the legitimate authority of the public good. ... The Catholic Worker Movement is a Catholic organization founded by the Servant of God Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in 1933. ... In the United States, the Old Right, also called the Paleoconservatives are a faction of American conservatives who both opposed New Deal domestic programs and were also isolationists opposing entry into World War II. Many were associated with the Republicans of the interwar years led by Robert Taft, but some... Transcendentalism was a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture, and philosophy that emerged in New England in the early-to mid-19th century. ... Localism describes a range of political philosophies which prioritise the local. ... Jeffersonians, so named after Thomas Jefferson, support a federal government with greatly constrained powers, as would follow the strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution that Jefferson followed. ... Anarchist redirects here. ... Enemy of the State is a 1998 film written by David Marconi, directed by Tony Scott, and starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet and Regina King. ... Reactionary (or reactionist) is a political epithet, generally used as a pejorative, originally applied in the context of the French Revolution to counter-revolutionaries who wished to restore the real or imagined conditions of the monarchical Ancien Régime. ... Gari Melchers, Mural of Peace, 1896. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... A party platform, also known as an manifesto is a list of the principles which a political party supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said partys candidates voted into office. ... This article is about the American political party, Green Party. ... The Reform Party of the United States of America (abbreviated Reform Party USA or RPUSA) is a political party in the United States, founded by Ross Perot in 1995 under the belief that Americans were disillusioned with the state of politics--as being corrupt and unable to deal with vital... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Other positions adopted by Kauffman that are considered controversial to both the Left and the Right include his support for the Second Vermont Republic secessionist movement, his admiration for 1972 Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern, his argument that Catholic Worker activist Dorothy Day had much in common with elements of the Right, and his contention that Philip Roth's controversial book The Plot Against America is "the novel that a neoconservative would write, if a neoconservative could write a novel." In 2004, he endorsed Ralph Nader for President of the United States. Left wing redirects here. ... Right wing redirects here. ... Second Vermont Republic (SVR) is a secessionist movement within the U.S. state of Vermont to return the independent status of the Vermont Republic from 1777–91. ... For other uses, see Secession (disambiguation). ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... George McGovern on May 8, 1972 cover of Time Magazine George Stanley McGovern, (born July 19, 1922) is a former United States Representative, Senator, and Democratic presidential nominee. ... This image has an uncertain copyright status and is pending deletion. ... Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933, Newark, New Jersey[1]) is a famous American novelist. ... The Plot Against America: A Novel (ISBN 0-618-50928-3) is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004. ... This article is about neoconservatism in the United States, for neoconservatism in other regions, see Neoconservatism (disambiguation). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American attorney, author, lecturer, political activist, and candidate for President of the United States in five elections. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ...

His books include Every Man a King (1989), a novel about a young senatorial aide who, disgusted with politics, returns to his rural New York hometown to start a new life; Country Towns of New York (1993), a travel book; America First!: Its History, Politics, and Culture (1995), a history of American populist, isolationist, and anti-imperialist thought; With Good Intentions?: Reflections on the Myth of Progress in America (1998), a collection of (often approving) profiles of the opponents of school consolidation, child labor laws, a standing army, women's suffrage, and the Interstate Highway System, as well as the proponents of homesteading as a means of battling the Great Depression; Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette: A Mostly Affectionate Account of a Small Town’s Fight to Survive (2003), the story of Batavia and its decline; and Look Homeward America: In Search of Reactionary Radicals and Front-Porch Anarchists (2006), a meditation on American political, literary, and artistic figures whose values he admires. He also edited A Story of America First (2003), a memoir by the America First Committee's congressional liaison, Ruth Sarles. His latest book, Ain't My America: The Long, Noble History of Anti-War Conservatism and Middle American Anti-Imperialism, was published in 2008 by Henry Holt and Company. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Look up Populism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For the electronic album, see Isolationism (album). ... Anti-imperialism, strictly speaking, is a term that may be applied to or movement opposed to some form of imperialism. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... A twelve year old American uneducated child laborer, Furman Owens, who stated Yes I want to learn but cant when I work all the time. ... A standing army is an army composed of full time professional soldiers. ... The term womens suffrage refers to an economic and political reform movement aimed at extending suffrage — the right to vote — to women. ... Interstate Highways in the 48 contiguous states. ... Broadly defined, homesteading is a lifestyle of simple, agrarian self-sufficiency. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... As a literary genre, a memoir (from the French: mémoire from the Latin memoria, meaning memory), or a reminiscence, forms a subclass of autobiography, although it is an older form of writing. ... The America First Committee was the foremost pressure group against American entry into the Second World War. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry Holt (1840–1926) was a Baltimore, Maryland native book publisher and author. ...

A devout Roman Catholic, Kauffman is also an intimate correspondent of Gore Vidal, with whom he shares many ideological similarities. Catholic Church redirects here. ... Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3, 1925) (pronounced and , ) is an American author of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and essays, and the scion of a prominent political family. ...

External links

• Biography from Advocates for Self-Government
• Democracy in Vermont by Bill Kauffman
• Heil to the Chief by Bill Kauffman
• Free Vermont by Bill Kauffman
• Come Home, America by Bill Kauffman
• Disappearing Democrats by Bill Kauffman
• Mr. Jefferson Comes Home by Bill Kauffman
• The Patriot by Bill Kauffman
• Back to Batavia by Bill Kauffman
• New York vs. New York by Bill Kauffman
• Henry and Louise in the Lair de Clune by Bill Kauffman
• Warren Hunting Smith: The Quintessential Genevan by Bill Kauffman
• Walter Edmonds: Our Stalwart by Bill Kauffman
• Ed Harris: Thanks for the Memoirs by Bill Kauffman
• My America vs. the Empire: Why I'm Not Ashamed to be an American by Bill Kauffman
• George Bush, the Anti-Family President: An Empire of Widows and Orphans by Bill Kauffman
• Hey, Ralph! Why Not Another Party of the People? by Bill Kauffman
• Nader v. Bush: Why an Underdog May be the Best Antidote to the Neo-Cons by Bill Kauffman
• The Candidates from Nowhere by Bill Kauffman
• Think Locally, Act Locally, Live Locally by Bill Kauffman
• Anarchism by Bill Kauffman
• Bye-Bye, Ms. American Empire by Bill Kauffman
• An Interview with Eldridge Cleaver by Lynn Scarlett and Bill Kauffman
• An Interview with Clarence Thomas by Bill Kauffman
• The Way of Love: Dorothy Day and the American Right by Bill Kauffman
• A Review of Look Homeward, America by Bill Treichler
• Reactionary Radicals, Unite by Brian Doherty
• All American Anarchists by Rod Dreher
• Bill Kauffman: American Anarchist by Laurence M. Vance
• Paradise Lost by John McClaughry
• A Stand Against Empire by Robert C. Cheeks
• Five-part interview with Bill Kauffman: IntroductionPart One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five