Regnery Publishing

[[File:Regnery Publishing logo.png|thumb|right|165px|The Regnery logo in 2022]]
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'''Regnery Publishing''' is a publishing house based in [[Washington DC]] that is the (self-proclaimed) "nation’s preeminent conservative publisher." They "publish[...] books that are contrary to those of 'mainstream' publishers in [[New York]]" by such [[conservative]] luminaries as "[[Dinesh D'Souza]], Armstrong Williams, [[Oliver North]], Mark Steyn, and Steve Forbes."<ref>[http://www.regnery.com/regnery/regnery.html From the publisher]</ref> One wonders why they left out [[Ann Coulter]], [[Michelle Malkin]], [[Ted Nugent]], and [[Peter Duesberg]] (yes, really).

Regnery was founded in the 1940s by Henry Regnery, who started his publishing career distributing the conservative newsletter ''Human Events''. While they got involved in extreme [[wingnut]]tery by printing [[John Birch Society|Bircher]] books, they also published a few works by [[socialist]]s and ''Sybil'', the famous book on [[Dissociative identity disorder|split-personality (now dissociative) disorder]]. They helped launch [[William F. Buckley]]'s career by publishing his first two books, ''[[God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of "Academic Freedom"]]'', and the pro-[[McCarthyism]] ''McCarthy and His Enemies''.

==Gallery of bullshit==
Currently, Regnery seems to be a clearinghouse for the [[bullshit]] no other publisher would ever touch. Some of their greatest hits include:
*''High Crimes and Misdemeanors'', by [[Ann Coulter]]. A book containing [[Vince Foster]] [[conspiracy theories]], among others. It has also met with accusations of [[plagiarism]].
*''The Real Anthony Fauci'' by [[anti-vaxxer]] conspiracy theorist and failed presidential candidate [[Robert F. Kennedy Jr]]. Mostly a regurgitation of his older "vaccine safety" lies along with a handful of newer smears made against Fauci, including that he's in bed with Big Pharma.
*''The Roots of Obama's Rage'', by future convicted felon Dinesh D'Souza. Advances the infamous "Kenyan anti-colonial worldview" theory.
*''Inventing the AIDS Virus'', by Peter Duesberg. A work of [[AIDS denialism]].
*''Bias'', by Bernie Goldberg. A "classic" exposing the bias of the [[liberal media]].
*''In Defense of Internment'', by Michelle Malkin. A [[negationism|negationist]] history of [[Japanese American internment|Japanese internment during World War II]]. '''Not racist'''{{mensonge}}.
*''Green Hell'', by [[Steve Milloy]]. A work claiming that [[environmentalism]] is a [[communist]] conspiracy, as well as advancing [[denialist]] talking points on a number of environmental issues.
*''Black Belt Patriotism'', by [[Chuck Norris]]. It's Chuck Norris, what more could you want?
*''Courting Disaster'', by [[Marc Thiessen]]. A [[George Bush]] [[sockpuppet]] tells you how [[Barack Obama]] is inviting the next [[terrorist]] attack.<ref group=note>Which is funny, given that Obama was responsible for the downfall of terror masterminds [[Osama bin Laden]], [[Muammar al-Gaddafi]], and many others.</ref>
*''Unfit for Command'', by John O'Neill and [[Jerome Corsi]]. [[John Kerry]] gets [[Manufactroversy|swiftboated]].
*''Irreversible Damage'', by [[Abigail Shrier]]. Digital influencers are pushing our kids to become transgender. Watch out!

Along with these, they offer a variety of books on [[fundamentalism]], [[creationism]], and [[Bible|Biblical]] [[pseudoarchaeology]]. A number of books by [[Newt Gingrich]] and Mark Skousen, the nephew of [[W. Cleon Skousen]], are available. There is also some rather uncharacteristic [[woo]] as well, including a bunch of books on [[food woo]], [[diet woo]], and general [[quackery]]. And for some reason, you can ''still'' order books on [[Y2K]].

==Politically Incorrect Guides==
Regnery publishes a series of books called the '''''Politically Incorrect Guides''''' or '''''P.I.G.s''''', which are largely written to resemble the successful ''…for Dummies'' series from Wiley and ''Complete Idiot's Guide'' from Alpha Books. They are written primarily by right-wing hacks such as [[Tom Bethell]] and [[Jonathan Wells]]; it is generally agreed outside the [[wingnut]] world that they are both political (being heavily biased towards [[dogma]]tic conservatism) and incorrect (both scientifically and historically). The [[evolution]] blog [http://www.pandasthumb.org Panda's Thumb] initiated a series meant to be a point-by-point fisking of the ''PIG to Intelligent Design'' by noted [[ID]] advocate and would-be scientist Jonathan Wells; due to the sheer volume of stupid in that one book alone, the series never quite finished.<ref group=note>In fact, it seems to be ongoing. After nearly sputtering to a stop in 2010, two new titles about the [[British Empire]] (they're fans of it&mdash;their ancestors must have been [[Tories]]) and socialism were added in 2011.</ref>

Earlier editions ran with the tagline "Liberals have hijacked [insert topic here] for long enough. Now it's our turn." That last sentence was later changed to "It's time to set the record straight."

Educators may wish to get copies of the appropriate ''P.I.Gs'' to prepare themselves for misinformed students who have been indoctrinated with these books. (Yes, they are popular with parents in the [[home schooling]] movement.) At least one book from the list below<ref group=note>''The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Bible''</ref> is actively recommended to Christian school and college students who want to argue back against [[atheist]] teachers.<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/2007/10/20/how_to_shut_up_an_atheist_if_you_must/page/full/ How to Shut Up an Atheist] from [[Townhall.com]] (surprise, surprise...)</ref>

According to Regnery's website, the following ''Politically Incorrect Guides'' are available:
*''The [[Vietnam War]]'', by Phillip Jennings. We won Vietnam!
*''The Sixties'', by Jonathan Leaf. Dirty fucking [[hippie]]s and their [[civil rights]] nonsense barely existed.
*''The [[Founding Fathers]]'', by Brion McClanahan. America is a [[The United States as a Christian nation|Christian Nation]] and the Founding Fathers would [[tax cut|cut taxes]] if they were around today!
*''The [[Great Depression]] and the [[New Deal]]'', by Robert P. Murphy. The government caused the Depression, and then [[FDR]] made it worse!
*''The [[American Civil War|Civil War]]'', by HW Crocker III. (The American Civil War, that is. No other [[civil war]] matters.) The Civil War wasn't about [[slavery]], it was about [[states' rights]]!<ref>[http://harvardpolitics.com/books-arts/the-original-culture-war/ The Original Culture War], a review by Peter Bacon in the ''Harvard Political Review'', March 4, 2009</ref>
*''Western Civilization'', by Anthony Esolen. The [[Enlightenment]] and later the progressive movements of the 19<sup>th</sup> century led to communism and [[fascism]], but the Dark Ages? Pretty effin' awesome!
*''The [[Middle East]]'', by Martin Sieff. [[Muslim|Muslims]] are inherently [[evil]] and [[Christianity|Christians]] are [[Pogrom|inherently]] [[Spanish Inquisition|nonviolent]].
*''The [[Bible]]'', by Robert J. Hutchinson.
*''[[Hunting]]'' by Frank Miniter.
*''The [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]'', by Kevin Gutzman. [[Judicial activism]] bad, [[originalism]] good.<ref>[https://www.claremont.org/crb/article/whistling-dixie/ Whistling Dixie], a review by Matthew J. Franck in the ''Claremont Review of Books'', Vol. VIII , Number 1 - Winter 2007/08</ref>
*''[[Capitalism]]'', by Robert P. Murphy. The [[free market]] always wins. (But would you expect anything else from a fellow at the [[Ludwig von Mises Institute]]?)
*''[[Global warming]] and [[Environmentalism]]'', by Chris Horner. [[Global warming]]? More like [[Al Gore]] blowing hot air, 'mirite?
*''[[The South]] (and [[Lost Cause of the South|Why It Will Rise Again]])'', by Clint Johnson. No really, that's the actual title. The Lost Cause of the South lives!<ref>[http://www.civilwarnews.com/reviews/2007br/Oct/johnson_incorrect.htm Review by John F. Marszalek]</ref>
*''[[American]] and [[English]] [[Literature]]'', by Elizabeth Kantor. 
*''[[Darwinism]] and [[Intelligent Design]]'', by [[Jonathan Wells]].
*''[[Women]], [[Sex]] and [[Feminism]]'', by Carrie Lukas. Nothing beats [[Kinder, Küche, Kirche]].
*''[[Science]]'', by Tom Bethell. 31 flavors of science denial.<ref>[http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/upping_the_anti/ Review by Chris Mooney] and [http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2006/02/bethell-backing-down-on-relati further commentary]</ref>
*''[[Islam]] and the [[Crusades]]'', by Robert Spencer. Islam equals [[Wahhabism]]. 
*''American [[History]]'', by Thomas Woods. Another Mises fellow and [[Neo-Confederate]]. You see where this is going.<ref>[http://www.la-articles.org.uk/woods.htm Review by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel]</ref><ref>[http://www.slate.com/id/2114713/ Review by David Greenburg]</ref><ref>[https://www.claremont.org/crb/article/mainly-incorrect/ Mainly Incorrect], a review by John B. Kienker in the ''Claremont Review of Books'', Vol. V, Number 2 - Spring 2005</ref>
*''The [[British Empire]]'', by H.W. Crocker III, the guy who also wrote their pro-states-rights (American) Civil War book. The tag line on the cover: "Three Cheers for Colonialism!"<ref group=note>The exclamation point is part of the tag line. It isn't added as commentary, although it could be considering that the book was written by an American. You know, those guys who were the first to fight against British colonialism.</ref>
*''[[Socialism]]'', by Kevin D. Williamson, deputy managing editor of ''[[National Review]]''.  Because central planning and centralized authority never works. In government, that is.

==Parent company's publication of alleged sexual predators==
In addition to platforming the works of right-wing crackpots and grifters, their parent company (Skyhorse Publishing) has also taken to publishing books written by various publicly disgraced authors and intellectuals banished from the mainstream publishing world soon after sexual misconduct allegations emerged.<ref>Elizabeth Blair and Meghan Collins Sullivan, [https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989787182/amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations-publisher-suspends-shipping-of-blake-bailey-b Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Publisher Suspends Shipping Of Blake Bailey Book]. ''NPR'', 22 April 2021.</ref><ref>Constance Grady, [https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/3/6/21168332/woody-allen-hachette-publisher-memoir-canceled-staff-walk-out Woody Allen’s publisher canceled his memoir after staff walked out]. ''Vox'', 6 March 2020.</ref> 

For instance, filmmaker {{wpl|Woody Allen}}'s memoir ''Apropos of Nothing'' was originally set to be released by the Hachette Book Group, but its publication date was suddenly scrapped following controversy, and an employee walkout due to the decades-long allegations of sexual abuse and [[incest]] made against Allen. That is, until one of Skyhorse's imprints, Arcade, decided to help get Allen's book published. Arcade's co-founder Jeannette Seaver justified the company's decision as taking a courageous stance for [[free speech]] while implicitly framing the controversy as a symptom of so-called "[[cancel culture]]", claiming in a statement: "In this strange time, when truth is too often dismissed as "[[fake news]]", we as publishers prefer to give a voice to a respected artist, [[Bullshit|rather than bow to those determined to silence him]]",<ref>Cornelia Channing, [https://slate.com/culture/2020/03/woody-allen-memoir-dylan-farrow-new-publisher.html Woody Allen’s Memoir Finds New Publisher Who Hails Him as “Respected Artist”] ''Slate'', 23 March 2020.</ref> or to translate from corporate PR speak: "the money we would get from this credibly accused child rapist was too good to pass up, and we don't care if we end up in Hell because of it!"

Similarly, {{wpl|Blake Bailey}}'s highly anticipated Philip Roth biography was seemingly flushed down the toilet for good once several of Bailey's colleagues and former students accused him of grooming and sexual assault/rape as well as engaging in other [[Pedophilia|pedophilic]] behavior when he worked as an eighth grade English teacher during the 1990s,<ref>Jessica Winter, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210505090822/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-allegations-against-blake-bailey-and-the-shock-of-the-familiar The Allegations Against Blake Bailey and the Shock of the Familiar]. Archived from ''The New Yorker'', 4 May 2021.</ref> causing his publisher W.W. Norton to abruptly halt all shipping and promotion of Bailey's book while his literary agency dropped him as a client.<ref>Alexandra Alter and Rachel Abrams, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210422010358/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/books/philip-roth-blake-bailey.html Philip Roth’s Biographer Is Accused of Sexual Assault]. Archived from ''The New York Times'', 21 April 2021.</ref> Not only did Skyhorse republish Blake's book, they allowed him to even write and publish his own blistering anti-[[#metoo]] memoir, fittingly titled ''Repellent'',<ref>Jessie Gaynor, [https://lithub.com/aaand-skyhorse-is-publishing-blake-baileys-memoir-about-cancel-culture/ Aaand, Skyhorse is publishing Blake Bailey’s memoir about cancel culture.] ''Lithub'', 26 July 2022.</ref> the cheap-looking front cover of which shows Bailey's [[Persecution complex|Philip Roth bio on top of a stack of burning books]]. Again, the tactic of diverting attention away from someone's depraved sex crime towards concerns over censorship and freedom of speech is very transparently deployed in ''Repellent'''s publicity copy as well, dubiously claiming that the allegations made against Bailey are because of the biography's overly sympathetic attitude to Roth's personal failings, who has been criticized by several feminists for misogyny;<ref>[https://theconversation.com/was-philip-roth-a-misogynist-97114 Was Philip Roth a misogynist?] ''The Conversation'', 23 May 2018.</ref><ref>Steven G. Kellman, [https://forward.com/culture/475784/disturbingly-bigoted-and-irredeemably-misogynistic-how-will-future-readers/ Disturbingly bigoted and irredeemably misogynistic? How will future readers view Philip Roth?] ''Forward'', 22 September 2021.</ref> causing the "internet rumors" that eventually lead to Bailey's supposed "cancellation".

==External links==
*[http://www.regnery.com/index.html Home page]
*[http://www.humanevents.com/ Human Events]
*[http://sciencebooksreviewed.blogspot.com/2008/05/review-politically-incorrect-guides-to.html Review of the guides to science, evolution, and global warming]
*[http://90percenttrue.com/2006/08/pig/ Parody of the PIGs]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrcM5exDxcc Neo-Confederate Interview]

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