\u2026for daring to suggest that somebody who is one of the foremost spokesmen of the Thing that Used to Be Conservatism should consider the possibility that conservatism ought to be about conserving the Western Tradition and not contemptuously spitting on it.<\/a><\/p>\nHow it ever became a point of pride for conservatives void their rheum on classical studies is beyond me. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2026for daring to suggest that somebody who is one of the foremost spokesmen of the Thing that Used to Be Conservatism should consider the possibility that conservatism ought to be about conserving the Western Tradition and not contemptuously spitting on it. How it ever became a point of pride for conservatives void their rheum on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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