I owe Father Neuhaus a lot for First Things – I had read National Review all throughout high school, and so while First Things wasn’t a “conversion experience,” it did introduce me to a lot of things that I was happy to share with others, such as Leon Kass’ fine speech “L’Chaim and its Limits.”

My only regret regarding this generation that is passing away – I’m thinking of Buckley, Weyrich and others – is that we on the Right have created the media, but not really worked to find the audience. We might need to humble ourselves for the sake of a legacy given to us – instead of expecting readers to come to us, we might have to get into “the public square,” the “agora,” and practice what we preach.