WASHINGTON -– It was a cold day in the nation’s capital when I visited Yuval Levin at his downtown office to talk about a subject of mutual interest: Rep. Paul Ryan.
Levin is the founding editor of a conservative journal, National Affairs, and is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where he keeps an office. He is 35, but his demeanor makes him seem older. He joked wryly as we sat down that since he is Jewish, his colleagues at the think tank — mostly Catholic -– had given him an office with the best view of St. Matthew’s Cathedral across the street.
Levin’s connection to Ryan, the Republican congressman from Wisconsin, is twofold. He knows the 43-year old House Budget Committee chairman personally and has his ear. Thusly, he influences policy-making from his perch outside Congress.
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