National Review
Reviews and Complaints

I would strongly oppose the opinion that Mr Lowry somehow contributed to the old good National Review. Unfortunately, he discarded Bill Buckley's vision. When he replaced Buckley, he removed all anti-communist content from the magazine, being blind like most Conservatives to the fact that it was not the end. NR rejected even coverage of the most crucial book on Senator McCarthy written by a nestor of the Conservative movement Stan Evans. Mr. Lowry was an idiot who could not recognize the value of this book and a coward fearing controversy.

Yes, Mr. Lowry has been proud, egotistic, and arrogant.

One piece of evidence was the withdrawal of Whittaker Chambers' name from NR by The Chambers family. The reason for it was not only the badly failed choice of the winner (NR Institute Award) but NR's conceit. Indeed, the educational part of the NR mission, which was critically important for Buckley, was abandoned by Mr Lowry. It is not a secret that he lost subscribers, and NR became just a newsletter, losing its leading position in the Conservative movement.

But what is even worse is that NR resorted to lies and deceptions. It hides the fact subscribers' data is now being sent to some unknown firm (in some leaking hut) somewhere in The Philippines. Yes, your data, if you leave it for NR, is now being sold (?) there.

It is yet another sign of arrogance.

If you happen to ask for a refund, you will be waiting for weeks and get the same arrogant response. Yes, Mr. Lowry made himself rich, paying himself enormous salaries from the endowment preserved by Mr. Buckley for the Conservative Movement. But unfortunately, he killed old, good National Review. Yes, it fits semi-illiterate dolls like former Fox stars, but it completely fails the mission intended by Mr. Buckley, Chambers, and the brilliant leadership that prepared the intellectual climate for the collapse of Communism. Mr. Lowry prepared for a moral and intellectual disaster called MAGA. Reversal, a drastic shift motivated by Mr Lowry's HUGE EGO, resulted in this catastrophe. Mr. Lowry should refund National Review by returning most of the money he appropriated from Buckely Endowment, being fired, and the next person with understanding (if there is someone) being appointed.