{"id":2681148,"date":"2026-10-11T07:52:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T11:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-of-cormac-mccarthy-a-legacy-revisited\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T07:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T11:54:46","slug":"review-of-cormac-mccarthy-a-legacy-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-of-cormac-mccarthy-a-legacy-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Cormac McCarthy: A Legacy Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freview-of-cormac-mccarthy-a-legacy-revisited%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2681148&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This webpage features an article that begins with a personal reflection about learning a unique word, &#8220;rascality,&#8221; in an antiquarian bookshop in New Orleans. The author discusses how the term captures a nuanced line between mischievousness adn evil,paralleling it with the life of author Cormac McCarthy,known for his complex characters and stories. additionally, the page includes a subscription prompt for Washington Examiner, emphasizing unlimited access to exclusive journalism and analysis, with options to log in or subscribe. The content is styled with creative design elements and advertisements, encouraging readers to engage further with the publication.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-first wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some years ago in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-orleans\/\">New Orleans<\/a>, I learned a word in an antiquarian bookshop, one of those places organized according to the idiosyncratic style that was no doubt an outward physical manifestation of the proprietor\u2019s own mind and memory. On a small shelf just inside the door was the label \u201cCrime, Murder, &#038; Rascality.\u201d The term \u201crascality,\u201d its definition balanced so perfectly on the fulcrum between the evil and the merely mischievous, may be the perfect descriptor for the way <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1204433\/cormac-mccarthy-dead-the-road-and-no-country-for-old-men-author-dead-at-89\/\">Cormac McCarthy<\/a> (1933-2023), who grew up in Knoxville, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tennessee\/\">Tennessee<\/a>, and died in Santa Fe, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-mexico\/\">New Mexico<\/a>, lived his life.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 160px; margin-top: -160px; margin-bottom: 40px; background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(245, 243, 235, 0), #FFFFFF); pointer-events: none; position: relative; 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