Thursday, June 19, 2008

How many conservatisms can dance on the head of a pin?

I'm inclined to think that the debate over Ross Douthat's definition of conservatism doesn't have much left in the way of shelf life (my take here; my Grand Unified Theory of Traditionalism here, here, and here), so I will close my own commentary on the matter with something a friend of mine from back in Mississippi said: "Sure there's such a thing as a conservative revolution! We call 'em revivals."

However, insofar as discussion of what "conservative" means the further proliferation of prefixes (the future belongs to the nihilocons!), please carry on.

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