Chronicles is a U.S. monthly magazine published by the Rockford Institute

Rockford Institute

Rockford Institute is a conservative think-tank associated with paleoconservatism, based in Rockford, Illinois. It is known for the John Randolph Club, and publishes Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture....

. Its full current name is Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. The magazine is known for promoting anti-globalism, anti-intervention and anti-immigration stances within conservative politics, and is considered one of the leading paleoconservative publications. Its present editor is Thomas Fleming. The executive editor is Scott P. Richert, Aaron D. Wolf is associate editor, and Chilton Williamson is the senior editor for books.

Chronicles was founded in 1976, soon after the Institute's establishment earlier that year. Originally known as Chronicles of Culture, the magazine was originally published by Leopold Tyrmand

Leopold Tyrmand

Leopold Tyrmand was a Polish novelist and editor. He studied architecture for a year at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris before the war, and during the war was a resistance fighter in Poland, a waiter in Germany , and a prisoner in a Norwegian concentration camp...

 and John A. Howard. Thomas Fleming joined the Institute's staff in 1984 and became editor in 1985, after Tyrmand died. Fleming changed the title to Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture. Chronicles also promotes the activities of the John Randolph Club

John Randolph Club

The John Randolph Club is a paleoconservative social and political organization founded in the 1980s and operated by the Rockford Institute. It is named after John Randolph of Roanoke , a 19th century U.S...

, another project of the Rockford Institute.

Immigration

In 2007, Chronicles Press/The Rockford Institute published a hard-hitting critique of mass immigration, Immigration and the American Future, which includes an interview with George Borjas, and essays by Peter Brimelow

Peter Brimelow

Peter Brimelow is a British American financial journalist, author, and founder of VDARE. Brimelow has been the editor of many publications, including Forbes, the Financial Post, and National Review...

, Thomas Fleming, et al. Chilton Williamson, Jr., writes in the Foreword:

“Can immigration be expected to change America for better, or for worse? If we accept at face value President George W. Bush’s claim that terrorism represents the gravest threat to America, as indeed it may, then we must ask ourselves whether terrorism, by itself, is capable either of obliterating the United States as—say—Rome eradicated Carthage from the map of North Africa, or of destroying it by effectively replacing the existing nation on what historically has been American soil with another and different nation. If the answer is “No,” then we must agree that the terrorist threat is in fact a subset of the immigration one—and that mass immigration is a greater threat to the survival of our country than any terrorist campaign possibly could be. Which, it seems to me, is saying a very great deal about the dangers posed to the United States by mass immigration.”

Notable contributors

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He is a prolific author of novels, short stories, poems, and essays... Mel Bradford Mel Bradford Melvin E. "Mel" Bradford was a conservative political commentator and professor of literature at the University of Dallas.... Peter Brimelow Peter Brimelow Peter Brimelow is a British American financial journalist, author, and founder of VDARE. Brimelow has been the editor of many publications, including Forbes, the Financial Post, and National Review... Patrick Buchanan John Carney John Carney John Carney may refer to:*John C. Carney, Jr. , U.S. Representative of Delaware's At-Large Congressional District*John Carney , American football placekicker... Fred Chappell Fred Chappell Fred Davis Chappell is an author and poet. He retired after 40 years as an English professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997-2002... Alexander Cockburn Alexander Cockburn Alexander Claud Cockburn is an American political journalist. 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Jones, Sr., a Democratic Party congressman from the neighboring 1st district... , Jr., congressman from North Carolina Bill Kauffman Bill Kauffman Bill Kauffman is an American political writer generally aligned with the paleoconservative movement. He was born in Batavia, New York, and currently resides in Elba, New York, with his wife and daughter.... Russell Kirk Russell Kirk Russell Kirk was an American political theorist, moralist, historian, social critic, literary critic, and fiction author known for his influence on 20th century American conservatism. His 1953 book, The Conservative Mind, gave shape to the amorphous post–World War II conservative movement... E. Christian Kopff Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Erik Maria Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn was an Austrian Catholic nobleman and socio-political theorist...

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Percy is best known for his philosophical novels set in and around New Orleans, Louisiana, the first of which, The Moviegoer, won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1962... Pat Quinn Pat Quinn (politician) Patrick Joseph "Pat" Quinn III is the 41st and current Governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Previously elected three times to statewide office, Quinn was the sitting lieutenant governor and became governor on January 29, 2009, when the previous governor, Rod Blagojevich,... , governor of Illinois William Quirk Justin Raimondo Justin Raimondo Justin Raimondo is an American author and the editorial director of the website Antiwar.com. He describes himself as a "conservative-paleo-libertarian."-Background:... Norman Ravitch Norman Ravitch Norman Ravitch is a professor emeritus of history at University of California, Riverside. He has written books, as well as occasional pieces for the Rockwell Foundation and other libertarian think-tanks.-References:... 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Selected Reading

• Brimelow, Peter, "The Economic Impact of Immigration: Paying for the Privilege," Chronicles, June 2009.
• Fleming, Thomas, "Counting People and People who Count," Chronicles, Sept. 2007.
• Francis, Samuel, "At the Heart of Darkness," Chronicles, May 1997.
• Kirkwood, Cort, "Bad Whitey 101," Chronicles, August 2008.
• Raimondo, Justin, "The Sibel Edmonds Story," Chronicles, November 1, 2009.
• Richert, Scott P., "Are Conversions to Islam Likely to Increase?," Chronicles Blog, Dec. 12, 2006.
• Roberts, Paul Craig, "The Decline and Fall of the American Economy: Offshoring Our Security," Chronicles, June, 2008.