DAVID MARCUS: Dovie Eisner’s beautiful life inspired a generation of conservative thinkers

I can’t remember the first time I met Dovie Eisner, which is odd given that he always stood out, his small broken body wheelchair-bound with a breathing tube as a result of his being born with a recessive genetic neuromuscular condition called nemaline myothapy. But I do remember the last time.

From about 2012 until he slipped into a coma last year and passed away last week on Sept. 11, Dovie was a central figure in the small world of conservative writing and thinking in New York City. 

It was a group that...