The Road to Rightville
4th August 2007
NYT. The book reviewer as zoologist: Who are these strange people called “conservatives”? And why are they so inexplicably successful in connecting with our proletariat?
What he doesn’t realize is that, while clinging to the Liberal Label, he’s just as conservative as the right-wingers he detests; just about different things. This illustrates the primary defect of “conservative” as a political category.
I especially love the little tag at the end:
Stephen Metcalf writes the Dilettante column for Slate and is a frequent contributor to the Book Review.
Somehow I’m sure of it.