https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/02/09/what-never-w-s-gilbert-on-the-muslim-brotherhood/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 13:39:32 -0400<![CDATA[I went to a book launch yesterday for Irving Kristol’s posthumous collection of essays, The Neoconservative Persuasion: Selected Essays 1942-2009. On hand to discuss the book was William Kristol, the author’s son and (with his mother, Gertrude Himmelfarb) co-editor of the capacious gathering of essays by the “godfather of neoconservatism.” Irving Kristol was one of our most percipient commentators about politics and society. His signature style in later years, when I got to know him, was a certain wry, semi-detached irony: concerned with what was happening to American society but also generally calm, amused, twinkling.]]>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:03:04 -0500<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2011/02/09/what-never-w-s-gilbert-on-the-muslim-brotherhood-n116527