ilosophic conservative tenets of Russell Kirk and William F. Buckley. In time, it endorsed Reagan-era small government

t a number of long-term problems in the United States that don't seem to be getting addressed with the current political system. Matthew Shaffer is a William F. Buckley Fellow at the National Review Institute HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031908 --- PAGE BREAK --- 34 Article 7. Project Syndicate Does Anything Matter? Peter Singe

tnership decision. I have engaged in public debates and controversies with some of the most contentious and influential figures of the age including William F. Buckley, Noam Chomsky, Rabbi Meyer Kahana, Rabbi Adan Steinzaltz, Justice Antonin Scalia, Ken Starr, Elie Wiesel, Vaclav Havel, Golda Meir, Red Auerbach, Wil