Chronicles (magazine)

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[[File:Chronicles magazine July 2012 cover.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Cover of ''Chronicles''' July 2012 issue.]]
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'''''Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture''''' is a monthly political magazine published by the Charlemagne Institute (formerly the Rockford Institute), a [[paleoconservatism|paleoconservative]] [[think tank]].<ref name=rockford>[https://archive.fo/B0ClK About The Rockford Institute] ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:43 UTC).</ref> Established in 1976, it stands as the premier periodical for erudite, highly-educated [[racism|racists]].  

If the American [[far right]] is defined by how white, male, affluent, and out-of-touch it is, then contributors to ''Chronicles'' are the whitest, most affluent, and most out-of-touch men there are. To their credit, they do part ways from [[Movement Conservativism|movement conservatism]] by [[producerism|opposing big business]] and interventionist foreign policies. Unfortunately, even opposing big business and interventionism leaves plenty of inhumane ideas for the magazine to support; ''Chronicles'' deals in the worst of the right: racism, [[sexism]], and [[Christianism]].

''Chronicles'' peaked in the 1990s,<ref name=principles>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150415020848/http://www.firstprinciplesjournal.com/articles.aspx?article=1059 ''Chronicles''] by E. Christian Kopff (09/03/10) ''First Principles'' (archived from April 15, 2015).</ref> helping shape the paleoconservative revival that accompanied [[Patrick Buchanan]]'s 1992 and 1996 Presidential campaigns. However, the magazine's intellectual ambitions damaged it in the growing [[Anti-intellectualism|anti-intellectual]] climate that currently defines the modern conservative movement, an effect made worse by editor Thomas Fleming<ref name=blumenthal>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/sen-john-cornyn-meets-the_b_29835.html Sen. John Cornyn Meets the Racist Right] by Max Blumenthal (2006 September 20) ''Huffington Post''.</ref> and his rigid adherence to and reverence for [[Catholic]] orthodoxy, which alienated the [[Christian evangelism|Evangelical]] segment of the readership.<ref name=principles/> Its subscriber base has since dropped from 15,000 at the magazine's apex<ref name=principles/> down to about 5,000 as of 2006.<ref name=blumenthal/>

==Pseudointellectualism==
Unlike other far-right publications, such as [[WorldNetDaily]] or [[American Thinker]], ''Chronicles'' possesses a definite air of erudition.  Their contributors are all highly educated, well-read, and thoughtful — they're the most eloquent and philosophical racists you will ever read. Among their contributors, Clyde Wilson is highly respected by historians for his work on [[slavery]]-defender [[John C. Calhoun]]'s diaries,<ref name=clyde>[https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/ideologues/ The Ideologues: Read about the intellectuals and ideas that have shaped the core of the modern neo-Confederate movement.] by Heidi Beirich & Mark Potok (2004 Winter) ''Intelligence Report, Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref> Thomas Fleming has a doctorate in classic literature,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120410085343/http://www.rockfordinstitute.org/?author=2 Author Page for Thomas Fleming] ''The Rockford Institute'' (archived from April 10, 2012).</ref> and Srdja Trifkovic may [[Islamophobia|hate Muslims]] but he has actually read the [[Qu'ran]].<ref>[https://archive.fo/qeB9L Dinesh D’Souza: A Charlatan’s Comeuppance Dinesh D’Souza: A Charlatan’s Comeuppance] by Srdja Trifkovic (November 2, 2012) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:15 UTC).</ref>

These ''are'' your grandfather's pundits, and your grandfather's [[pundit]]s don't make half-hearted references to iconic [[philosopher]]s, they've actually read those philosophers and can probably lecture you about the historical contexts of their works.{{efn|Favorite philosophers among ''Chronicles'' contributors include [[Edmund Burke]],<ref>[https://archive.ph/64zm4 Search: Edmund Burke] ''Chronicles'' (archived from 15 Feb 2022 21:06:01 UTC).</ref> Alexis de Tocqueville,<ref>[https://archive.ph/1RgjB Search: Tocqueville] ''Chronicles'' (archived from 15 Feb 2022 21:04:37 UTC).</ref> and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.<ref>[https://archive.ph/Yqyda Search: Solzhenitsyn] ''Chronicles'' (archived from 15 Feb 2022 21:07:22 UTC).</ref>}}

But, ultimately, what makes a person a hack is their eagerness to propound on the importance of principles, while waffling and obfuscating when it comes to actual facts and [[reality]]. And make no mistake: almost every ''Chronicles'' writer is a hack.

A key giveaway of ''Chronicles''' hackery is that, despite considering mainstream conservatism to be craven and corrupt, and disdainfully holding themselves as apart from it, its editors uncritically accept many of the talking points pushed by the most craven and corrupt of conservatives.  Thus, Representative Joe Wilson was a ''hero'' for yelling "You lie!" at President [[Barack Obama|Obama]] during a speech<ref>[https://archive.fo/NMCxJ That's a Lie"] by Clyde N. Wilson (September 17, 2009) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:09 UTC). {{refquote|Joe Wilson told the plain and simple truth. Obama lied about a matter of great importance.}} — Clyde Wilson.</ref> (ignoring the fact that Wilson was himself lying).  Barack Obama is in the very least a "quasi-Muslim,"<ref>[https://archive.fo/GtZsS#selection-435.0-435.34 Politics in the Anti-Christian Age] by Gregory M. Davis (December 11, 2008) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:45 UTC). {{refquote|Obama is at once everything and nothing: …Christian but maybe Muslim… [A] black, quasi-Muslim, first-term senator from the Midwest...}} — Gregory M. Davis.</ref> and he is definitely a [[Marxism|Marxist]].<ref>[https://archive.fo/RXgAv One Nation Under Obama] by Thomas Fleming (July 1, 2008) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:28 UTC). {{refquote|[I]t reveals him for what he is: a knee-jerk Marxist…}} — Thomas Fleming.</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/31ZQQ The Obamanation of Desolation] by Thomas Fleming (August 19, 2008) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:02 UTC). {{refquote|[T]his Marxist nonentity [Barack Obama] entered the Senate…}} — Thomas Fleming.</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/l3X6Z Ignorant Armies: Final Thoughts on the Election] by Thomas Fleming (October 31, 2008) ''Chronicles''. {{refquote|The McCain people are apparently too stupid to pin Obama as a Marxist.}} — Thomas Fleming.</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/0BhKp#selection-439.0-447.20 Building the Obamanation] by Thomas Fleming (December 18, 2008) ''Chronicles''. {{refquote|Obama probably remains the White-hating Marxist…}} — Thomas Fleming.</ref> Also, the construction of an [[Islam]]ic community center in Manhattan is an act of aggression by Muslims,<ref>[https://archive.fo/hAAZR Our Clueless Professor] by Patrick J. Buchanan (August 17, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:43 UTC). {{refquote|Put the mosque somewhere else. This is hallowed ground. This is a burial site sacred to the families of those who died, to New Yorkers, to all Americans. A Muslim mosque is out of place there.}} — Patrick Buchanan.</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/upgcx Ground Zero Mosque: Correcting the Non-Debate] by Srdja Trifkovic (October 22, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:09 UTC). {{refquote|[I]t is not merely a place of worship, but also a physical expression of the Mohammedan stake to a place at first, and eventually a symbol of Jihad’s triumph over the hated infidel…}} — Srdja Trifkovic.</ref> although [[New York City]] isn't a part of "real America."<ref>[https://archive.fo/esBXM#selection-447.0-455.18 Ground Zero Mosque, Grade Zero Argument] by Thomas Fleming (August 19, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:44 UTC). {{refquote|New York has not been an American city since before World War I. No one can be happy that some 2,600 people were murdered by Saudi terrorists, but how significant, really, is their death to the rest of us who are lucky enough not to live in New York? The horror belongs to TVland America, not to whatever is left of the real country.}} — Thomas Fleming.</ref>

==Pseudohistory==
''Chronicles'' traffics heavily in [[pseudohistory]].  Because its mostly Catholic editor base eschews [[Biblical literalism]] and remains suspicious of any morality that postdates the [[Enlightenment]], they turn to [[Traditionalist Catholicism|"traditionalism"]] for their [[moral]]s, which is derived from a culture's history.<ref>[https://archive.fo/ZyCJI Back to the Stone Age I D] by Thomas Fleming (October 3, 2012) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:31 UTC).</ref> The problem is, real history is so messy that you can't derive any morality from it at all, so ''Chronicles'' writers are forced to assert their own version. 

Contributors consequently treat history as a series of distinct moral fables — lessons for the common man to learn from.  Spartans were proper manly men who didn't cry, and if you do cry it's because you've been Americanized.<ref>[https://archive.fo/E8BnP Tears of a Clown]
by Taki Theodoracopulos (April 23, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:25 UTC). {{refquote|The birthplace of the stiff upper lip was Sparta, which was also my mother’s birthplace… I remember my mother wailing when my father went off to war, a very un-Spartan behavior, but… she had become Americanized.}} — Taki Theodoracopulos.</ref> Republics fail like [[Rome]] when they [[Autocracy|"have no champion"]] (presumably for conservatism), and that's why Obama's reelection in 2012 will doom America.<ref>[https://archive.fo/XtiIk#selection-447.0-455.19 Obama’s Victory] by Srdja Trifkovic (November 7, 2012) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:40 UTC). {{refquote|Romney lost because the real America did not trust him to stand up to anti-America. The Republic lost for the same reason the Roman Republic lost the Civil War: it did not have a true champion in the ring.}} — Srdja Trifkovic.</ref> America's moral fiber was stronger during the [[Great Depression]], but is now too weak to withstand the [[Great Recession|Great Recession of the 2000s]].<ref>[https://archive.fo/5OANS The Panic of 2011] by John Seiler (August 30, 2010) ''Chronicles''. {{refquote|Things are going to be worse than they were in the Great Depression. Back then, the country’s moral fiber was stronger.}} — John Seiler.</ref> [[Jews]] corrupted Wall Street, therefore it can be made less corrupt if we get rid of them.<ref>[https://archive.fo/V4tt#selection-445.0-453.16 Sachs of Gold] by Taki Theodoracopulos (March 8, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 21 Jul 2012 21:55:44 UTC). {{refquote|Greenspan, Cohen, Blankfein, Rubin, Fuld—the list goes on.  If ever you hear of some Anglo-Saxon name taking over Wall Street, make sure to plunge in.}} — Taki Theodoracopulos.</ref> [[Feminism]] was bad because it only helped [[lesbians]].<ref>[https://archive.fo/sCFfv#selection-439.0-447.21 Back to the Stone Age, I B] by Thomas Fleming (September 27, 2012) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:08 UTC). {{refquote|[F]eminism helps a small set of leftist women, predominantly lesbians.}} — Thomas Fleming.</ref> Roman [[slaves]] led pretty good lives, therefore [[poverty]] today is worse than actual slavery.<ref>[https://archive.fo/xPYiY#selection-439.0-447.20 Athens and Jerusalem III: Why Rome Fell] by Thomas Fleming (November 2, 2009) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:40 UTC). {{refquote|[H]igh-minded people… think that only Romans and Southerners owned slaves. On the contrary, every advanced society depends upon some form of slavery, and some legally free workers can be worse off than the slave who can be bought and sold.}} — Thomas Fleming.</ref> Anglo-Saxons make good laws, then Chinese people corrupt them.<ref>[https://archive.fo/IgApU Criminals With Badges—How the Police Create Crimes] by Paul Craig Roberts (January 7, 2008) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:33 UTC). {{refquote|It was Anglo-Saxons who made laws against entrapment. Thanks to law professors like Chin, gullible reporters and jurors, and corrupt police, prosecutors and judges, Americans no longer have the protection of law.}} — Paul Craig Roberts.</ref> (Their pseudohistory heavily reinforces their racism.)

While rarely the focus of an article, moralizing assertions like this about history are littered throughout ''Chronicles'', presented as just-so kernels of wisdom that refute more liberal, modern morals.

Any historical fact that is dissonant with their [[ideology]] is quietly swept under the rug.  For example, as traditionalists, ''Chronicles'' contributors have a great appreciation for the Greek classics, but the Greeks' icky [[homosexuality|homosexual]] practices are either strategically left unmentioned or declared to be "misinterpreted" by foul pro-gay [[historical revisionism|"historical revisionists"]].<ref>[https://archive.fo/3JgMu Sex and Death] by Thomas Fleming (March 20, 2006) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:29 UTC). {{refquote|Do not look for parallels in ancient Greek bisexuality (a much misinterpreted phenomenon)…}} — Thomas Fleming.</ref>

==Racism==
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Several of ''Chronicles''' columnists are open [[Neo-Confederate]]s, who justify [[the South]]'s past slavery of Africans and advocate a new Southern [[secession]]. Two of its contributors were even founders of the [[League of the South]],<ref name=clyde/><ref name=fleming>[https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/ideologues/ The Ideologues: Read about the intellectuals and ideas that have shaped the core of the modern neo-Confederate movement.] by Heidi Beirich and Mark Potok (2004 Winter) ''Intelligence Report, outhern Poverty Law Center''.</ref> and several others are members.<ref name=touchstone>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031205061430/http://hispanicmuslims.com/articles/alamokosovo.html "From the Alamo to Kosovo": The Anti-Muslim/Hispanic Movement in Texas] by Edward H. Sebesta (Summer 2002) ''The Touchstone'' 12(3) (archived from December 5, 2003). {{refquote|Chronicles is the only national magazine whose editors are all League members: Thomas Fleming, Theodore Pappas, Scott Richert, and Chilton Williamson, Jr.…}} — Edward H. Sebesta.</ref> The rest may not be open Neo-Confederates, but are still really, really racist.

Much of the racism bandied about is of the "it's not ''faaair''!" variety. It's not fair that [[African American|African-Americans]] dominate so many sports.<ref>[https://archive.fo/V7UDh White Sprinters] by Roger D. McGrath (August 6, 2007) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:28 UTC).</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/tFkgc The Myth of Equality] by Patrick J. Buchanan (August 27, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:11 UTC).</ref> It's not fair that no one talks about all the crimes black people commit.<ref>[https://archive.fo/YvXI1#selection-447.0-455.15 Race, Crime, and the Media] by R. Cort Kirkwood (May 15, 2007) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:33 UTC).</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/wNjih The Color of Crime] by Patrick J. Buchanan (August 21, 2007) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:21 UTC).</ref> It's not fair that so many minorities get into college.<ref>[https://archive.fo/U5fCA Bias and Bigotry in Academia] by Patrick J. Buchanan (July 20, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:00 UTC).</ref> And countless articles stating simple variations of "Black people vote in their electoral interests", with the follow-up "It's not fair that we get called racists when we stand up for white people's interests" left silent.<ref>[https://archive.fo/n9h8n The Revolution Is] by Clyde N. Wilson (November 5, 2008) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:32 UTC). {{refquote|[T]he established forces of 'American' society have been promoting the glory of the non-white and the foreign for two generations now.}} — Clyde N. Wilson.</ref> 

Also, [[Illegal immigration|undocumented immigrants]]. By which they mean Hispanics. According to ''Chronicles'', Hispanics are dangerous criminals<ref>[https://archive.fo/SfZER “Family Values”: Illegal Aliens and Their Sex Crimes] by R. Cort Kirkwood (April 5, 2007) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:55 UTC).</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/8cDTC Double Down: Illegal Aliens and Crime] by Roger D. McGrath (July 12, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:32 UTC).</ref> who destroy [[family values]],<ref>[https://archive.fo/dpWW5#selection-439.0-447.20 Everybody in America] by Clyde N. Wilson (February 24, 2009) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:03 UTC). {{refquote|Anybody who believes that Mexican immigrants have improved American "family values" will believe anything.}} — Clyde N. Wilson.</ref> and are plotting to take over the southwestern United States.<ref>[https://archive.fo/k1i6i Nostradamus I’m Not] by Clyde N. Wilson (April 4, 2007) ''Chronicles'' (archived from ).</ref> Hispanic population growth is more tragic than [[World War I]]<ref>[https://archive.fo/jYD5B#selection-194.1-447.14 The Way Our World Ends] by Patrick J. Buchanan (May 1, 2008) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:46 UTC).</ref> and Hispanic immigration is a [[gang]]-ridden invasion.<ref>[https://archive.fo/ahXU0 Response to Unz] by Roger D. McGrath (February 18, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:33 UTC). {{refquote|[S]chools are abysmal, trash and graffiti mark most neighborhoods, and Mexican and Salvadorian gangs roam the streets.  The blessings of an illegal-alien invasion!}}  —Roger D. McGrath.</ref> (They love describing immigration as an "invasion".<ref>[https://archive.fo/Frksb The Popular Front at NR] by Tom Piatak (July 15, 2008) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:35 UTC). {{refquote|I doubt if the Mexican situation in the [Southwestern United States] qualifies since it is an invasion by a foreign country and not a true independence movement.}} — Clyde Wilson.</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/44ERx After the Deluge (Review: Immigration and the American Future)] by Jack Trotter (March 1, 2008) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:23 UTC). {{refquote|America is faced not with an immigration 'problem,' or even a 'crisis,' but with a massive demographic invasion…}} — Jack Trotter.</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/hTj4d Stand Up for Arizona] by Patrick J. Buchanan (April 30, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:59 UTC). {{refquote|Southwestern states cannot stop the invasion from Mexico…}} — Patrick J. Buchanan.</ref>) ''Chronicles'' has abiding terror of the fact that ''future America may not be white''.<ref>[https://archive.fo/vKEhA Half a Billion “Americans”?] by Srdja Trifkovic (August 31, 2007) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:20 UTC).{{refquote|[T]he coming deluge threatens to impose a numbing Thirld-World{{sic}} sameness, to eradicate the remnants of this country’s identity, and to demolish what survives of her special character. On current form, not only will English-speaking Americans of European origin become a minority in their own country half a century from now, but they will share an increasingly overpopulated, polluted, lumpenproleterized, culturally unrecognizable country with tens of millions of actual or potential jihadists and their accomplices, aiders and abettors.}} — Srdja Trifkovic.</ref>

==Notable contributors==
None of ''Chronicles''' contributors are under 44 years of age. All of them are white, male, and [[Christian]]. Given that these demographics also describe the magazine's readership, it's unlikely to change anytime soon. As the modern conservative-industrial complex funnels young intellectuals into more useful roles than writing for obscure racist magazines, ''Chronicles'' is effectively doomed to a slow death from starvation.{{efn|Creating a self-imposed white genocide, if you will.}}

The magazine's current line-up of contributors include:

*'''[[Patrick Buchanan]]''' {{lived|1938}}: The only ''Chronicles'' writer with an appreciable presence outside of paleoconservative circles, Buchanan writes a nationally syndicated column and was until 2012 a pundit on [[MSNBC]]. He's an odious racist, who is nonetheless one of the few reliable voices against a military-centric foreign policy and the [[War on Drugs]].

*'''Alexander Cockburn''' {{lived|1941|2012}}: Token liberal at ''Chronicles''.<ref>[https://archive.fo/Z2XAc Alexander Cockburn] ''Chronicles'' (archived from 21 Jun 2013 11:01:13 UTC).</ref>

*'''Thomas Fleming''' {{lived|1945}}: President of the Rockford Institute, which publishes ''Chronicles''.<ref name=rockford/> He is a hardline [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] and founding member of the League of the South.<ref name=fleming/> He has a ''[[Daily Mail]]'' column.<ref>[http://fleming.dailymail.co.uk/ Thomas Fleming's blog] ''Daily Mail Online''.</ref>

*'''George McCartney''': Movie critic for ''Chronicles'', and one of the magazine's better writers. He is usually willing to give a film a fair shake, sometimes even explicitly disagreeing with other editors' poorly-considered rejections of certain films.<ref>[https://archive.fo/ySDjF#selection-188.0-439.21 Re: Despicable Tedium] by George McCartney (September 27, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:02 UTC).</ref> McCartney's columns are one of the few bright spots at ''Chronicles''. 

*'''Tom Piatak''':  Economics writer. He opposes [[globalization]] and [[free trade]].<ref>[https://archive.fo/C3hmr The Jobs Go Out, Like the Tide] ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:31 UTC).</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/QUBzO The Jobs Go Out Like the Tide, Continued] by Tom Piatak (September 30, 2011) ''Chronicles''.  2011 September 30.</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/vrVde Globalism Is Not A Conservative Value] by Tom Piatak (June 27, 2012) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:16 UTC).</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/m6C7G Free Trade Is For Suckers] by Tom Piatak (October 16, 2012) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:03 UTC).</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/TiEFy Free Trade Still Doesn’t Work] by Tom Piatak (October 16, 2012) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:16 UTC).</ref> While his self-proclaimed "economic patriotism"<ref>[https://archive.fo/kIz1W Why Romney Lost Ohio] by Tom Piatak (November 6, 2012) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:16 UTC).</ref> is sincere, it does reinforce his revulsion against [[multiculturalism]].<ref>[https://archive.fo/iVY4U How to Win the War Against Christmas] by Tom Piatak (December 8, 2008) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:57 UTC).</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/HdVpd Austrian MP Excoriates the Tolerance Romantics] by Tom Piatak (December 7, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:32 UTC).</ref> (In one column he even dreaded the increasing popularity of soccer in America. Because ''soccer is foreign''.<ref>[https://archive.fo/gQE3w Still the Metric System in Short Pants] by Tom Piatak (June 18, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:18 UTC).</ref>)

*'''Scott P. Richert''' {{lived|1968}}:<ref>[https://archive.fo/SZVBc Scott P. Richert] ''Facebook'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 16:06:59 UTC).</ref>  Executive editor for ''Chronicles'' and sysadmin for the Rockford Institute.<ref name=staff>[https://archive.fo/bkCVH Rockford Institute Staff] ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:08 UTC).</ref> Richert is the youngest contributor to the magazine. He is slightly more grounded in reality than his elders. (For example, after [[Facebook]]'s IPO fiasco, Fleming dismissed Facebook out of hand<ref>[https://archive.fo/pbW84 Re: Facebook] by Thomas Fleming (May 30, 2012) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:32 UTC). {{refquote|I have not seen any proof, that Facebook might be used as a helpful tool to survive in an increasingly inhuman world, despite the obvious reality that it is, by its very nature, diminishing the users' grasp on reality.}} — Thomas Fleming</ref> whereas Richert actually did research and discussed Facebook's numbers.<ref>[https://archive.fo/4LVNb Re: It’s All Over/Facebook IPO] by Scott P. Richert (May 20, 2012) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:04 UTC).</ref>)  He is a member of the League of the South.<ref name=touchstone/>

*'''Srdja Trifkovic''' {{lived|1954}}: Foreign affairs writer. He is a [[Serbian]] [[nationalist]] who worked with several officials during the [[Bosnian War]] who were later indicted for [[genocide]],<ref>[http://www.icty.org/x/cases/karadzic/trans/en/120412IT.htm Trial transcript, Page 27390] ''International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia'' (United Nations).</ref> and whom he testified in defense of. He remains popular in conservative circles because said genocides involved killing [[Muslims]], and because he wrote a book, ''Sword of the Prophet: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam'', about [[Islamophobia|how evil Islam is]].<ref>[https://archive.fo/wuAdV The Sword of the Prophet by Serge Trifkovic], reviewed by Paul Eidelberg, ''Freeman'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:52 UTC).</ref><ref>''The Sword of the Prophet: Islam, History, Theology, Impact on the World'' by Srdja Trifkovic (2002) Regina Orthodox Press. ISBN 1928653111.</ref>

*'''Chilton Williamson, Jr.''': A racist and published author, Williamson is ''Chronicles''<nowiki>'</nowiki> literature editor,<ref>[http://www.chiltonwilliamson.com/ About] ''Chilton Williamson, Jr.''</ref> meaning he's paid to review books by other racist authors in what we're sure is a very dignified [[circlejerk]]. He believes that conservatism's basis is in [[theology]], whereas [[liberalism]]'s is a "rebellion against [[metaphysical]] [[reality]]."<ref>[https://archive.fo/UljGf An Interview With Chilton Williamson] by Robert C. Cheeks (March 31<sup>st</sup>, 2007 at 9:15 pm) ''California Literary Review''.</ref> He also believes immigration will destroy America,<ref>[https://archive.fo/zVikm Immigration and the American Future] ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:15 UTC). {{refquote|[M]ass immigration is a greater threat to the survival of our country than any terrorist campaign possibly could be.}} — Chilton Williamson, Jr., ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:15 UTC).</ref> but that's par for the course at ''Chronicles''. Another member of the League of the South.<ref name=touchstone/>  

*'''Clyde N. Wilson''' {{lived|1941}}: Historian, Neo-Confederate, grumpy old man. An astounding number of his columns are deeply bitter and resentful refrains of "In ''my'' day…"<ref>[https://archive.fo/KEDvE Clyde-n-wilson] ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:31 UTC).</ref> Along with Fleming, he was a founding member of the League of the South.<ref name=clyde/>

*'''Aaron D. Wolf''' {{lived|1973|2019}}:<ref>[https://archive.fo/wip/oAXme Aaron D. Wolf: A Man of Faith and Family] ''Chronicles'' (archived from 17 Feb 2022 07:53:54 UTC).</ref> Associate editor at ''Chronicles'' and its webmaster.<ref name=staff/> Like Richert, he was comparatively young. As a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]],<ref>[https://archive.fo/69YSV Out With the Old] by Aaron D. Wolf (July 2, 2008) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:23 UTC).</ref> he is one of the magazine's few [[Protestantism|Protestant]] contributors (almost all the others are Roman Catholic or one of the many subsects of [[Eastern Orthodox]]).

==Local memes==
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Like all political publications, ''Chronicles'' has its own narrative, echoed amongst its columnists and in the comments section.

*The [[American Civil War]] was about arrogant and greedy Hamiltonian industrialists (the North) invading the cultured Jeffersonian agrarians' home (the South).<ref>While both [[Founding Fathers]], Alexander Hamilton and [[Thomas Jefferson]] had competing visions of the United States. Alexander Hamilton believed in a strong federal government and envisioned the United States as a future industrial powerhouse, while Jefferson advocated a decentralized government for a land of farmers.  Guess which one ''Chronicles'' hates.</ref>  Slavery was purely incidental, when mentioned at all, and a [[Lost Cause of the South#African-Americans|benefit to Africans]].
*American culture (read: "Northern" culture) is odious and corrupt, while Southern culture is the only remaining noble and admirable part of America.
*[[Abraham Lincoln]] was a traitor and an aspiring [[dictator]].
*[[Richard Nixon]] was the last competent and decent president.<ref>[https://archive.fo/E8BnP Tears of a Clown] by Taki Theodoracopulos (April 23, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:25 UTC). {{refquote|One of the greatest presidents of recent years, Richard Nixon…}} — Taki Theodoracopulos.</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/rhhas It’s the Jobs] by John Willson (April 19, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:06:14 UTC). {{refquote|Nixon, whatever his flaws, was superior to his enemies.}} — John Willson.</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/7TUPg Nixon and Obama — Soul Brothers?] by Patrick J. Buchanan (October 23, 2009) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:25 UTC).</ref>
*[[Russia]] is a natural ally of the United States because they're a fellow [[Christian nation]].<ref>[https://archive.fo/uHZgT#selection-439.0-447.20 Putin Versus the Kremlin on the Potomac] by Srdja Trifkovic (December 8, 2007) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:55 UTC). {{refquote|'Solidarity and strategic cooperation between the United States, Europe and Russia on the basis of their shared Christian moral, intellectual and cultural traditions.' Or, as I’ve been saying ever since September 11, it’s time for a true Northern Alliance that can defeat the menace of global jihad…}} — Srdja Trifkovic</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/6RfOz Russia and the West: The Tragedy of 1204 Redux] by Srdja Trifkovic (April 8, 2008) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:43 UTC). {{refquote|[T]he West appears hell-bent on cordoning off, fragmenting, and eventually destroying the only Eastern Christian power that could and therefore should be its partner in the joint struggle… Western leaders are endangering their own nations by forcing a key potential ally into… 'otherness.'}} — Srdja Trifkovic</ref><ref>[https://archive.fo/57jSe Past and Future President Putin] by Srdja Trifkovic (September 26, 2011) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:27 UTC). {{refquote|Putin is primarily focused on Russia’s need to preserve and enhance her identity as a Christian nation…}} — Srdja Trifkovic</ref>
*[[Islam]] is a [[Islamophobia|fundamentally evil religion]].<ref name=groundzero>[https://archive.fo/esBXM Ground Zero Mosque, Grade Zero Argument] by Thomas Fleming (August 19, 2010) ''Chronicles'' (archived from 7 Jul 2013 13:05:44 UTC). {{refquote|Islam was created as a Satanic parody of Christianity and Judaism, and it has been waging war on those two religions from its earliest days.}} — Thomas Fleming</ref> 
*[[Luddite|Newfangled modern gadgets have ruined society.]]

In general, ''Chronicles'' is the intellectual backbone (if one could say that) for the entire [[Lost Cause of the South]].

==Memory hole==
The editors of ''Chronicles'' often delete an article or even whole sets of articles from their website. They also disallow [[Internet Archive]] from archiving many of their pages, any article so deleted is effectively [[memory hole|gone for good]]. Fortunately, {{wpl|archive.today}} is able to bypass this problem on an on-demand, page-by-page basis.

In one particularly notable (but long-removed) article the author made it clear they believed Richard Nixon's personal conduct to be more important than his actions as President of the United States. When Nixon treated a recipient of the Medal of Honor with great respect, that meant Nixon was in fact a true and moral gentleman, regardless of his actions as a politician.

==See also==
*[[Classical antiquity]] — more history abuse by the far right
*[[Donald Trump]] — a kleptomaniac who incidentally stole some of their racist ideas and ran with them
*[[League of the South]] — A fellow racist group that heavily cross-pollinates with ''Chronicles''.
*[[Neoreactionary movement]] — a more mock-worthy right-wing history fantasy
*[[VDARE]] — a fellow racist website that ''Chronicles'' writers sometimes link to.

==External links==
*[http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/ Official website] for ''Chronicles''.

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