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Entry: Stan Should Have Seen It Coming Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/stan_should_have_seen_it_coming#15239 Post contents: Something tells me that this drift into Big Government Conservatism by the NR is only a natural occurrence for a publishing business. After all, if one is disciplined enough to hue strongly to traditional laissez-faire , small government principles....and one is in the business to write about politics and government, well, there aint much to talk about....it would be better to buy a piece of Town and Country or Vogue. The kind of "conservative government" Norman Podhoretz champions is far better for business because it grows and seethes and accretes the kind of gothic drama that is only surpassed by the most florid Romance Novels and Detective Magazines. Sex sells and the orgy of geopolitical dysfunction that the Poddys and their ilk promote sells big. After all, one must consider one's real estate portfolio too, no matter what political philosophy one might hold. Old Fashioned conservatism would return the Federal District to the status of a backwater slough in a lousy climate and this would not bode well for those prosperous suburbs ringing it like diamonds sparkling about a chunk of coal. Old Fashioned Conservatism would be a drag on one's multinational stock portfolio too, particularly in those ever-splitting military-centered stocks you think so masculine. Exactly what might one talk about as a political pundit if the government was dominated by old conservatism? Mr. Paul seems a fine man with noble and chaste aims but he aint entertaining on purpose. He rains on parades and this just aint Souza-like copy. The Beltway is a Giant Neoclassical Whorehouse and while old fashioned conservatives may occasionally use such establishments, they usually don't like to crow about it. These Neo-Cons though, they are a Busby Bekeley Oscar Wilde Extravaganza and thats just good business, for the dysfunction-prone. If Podhoretz had not stormed the NR, the NR would have likely invented him, particularly when the Soviets switched from the Political pages to the Business Section. I suppose it's just the hidden hand of the Free Market at work. Sent at: 2008 05 16