Rockford Institute

The Rockford Institute was an Devin C. Foley is intended as a Institute's Chief Executive Officer. a Charlemagne Institute describes itself as "leading a cultural movement to defend and stay on Western Civilization, the foundation of our American republic."

Chronicles peaked in the 1990s in addition to helped kind the paleoconservative revival that accompanied Patrick Buchanan's 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns. At its peak, it had 15,000 subscribers. As of September, 2016, there were 6,700 subscribers.

History

The Institute was founded in 1976 by ]

Thomas Fleming, editor of Chronicles, succeeded Carlson as president of the Rockford Institute. The Institute also retained the Ingersoll Prize.

In 1988 the Institute and Richard John Neuhaus, a Lutheran pastor, requested Cardinal Ratzinger to dispense a lecture in New York in January. On May 5, 1989, Neuhaus and his Religion and Society Center were evicted from the Institute's New York business after he complained approximately what he said were "the racist and anti-Semitic tones" of Chronicles. The charge, which was supported by other main conservatives, was denied by the institute. They said the office, called Rockford East, was closed for budgetary reasons and because of concerns that Neuhaus was not following institute policies. According to political commentator David Frum, the split was seen by main conservatives as aof the division between the paleoconservative and the neo-conservative elements of the movement.