The Rise of the "Civ-Cons"

The standard conservative taxonomy appears to cover the universe. There are economic conservatives, social conservatives, national-defense conservatives, neoconservatives, paleoconservatives, and even “crunchy” conservatives or “crunchy cons.”#ad#But I suspect that many of us would not choose any of these labels as our primary affiliation. True, most conservatives are fusionists, supporting limited government, traditional values, and strong national defense. But what stirs the blood?If I had to choose from the labels above, national-defense conservative would come the closest. But it doesn’t quite fit. So let me try a new label. I am a civic conservative, a “civ-con.”At the level of highest principle
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