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Entry: After Paleoconservatism (II) Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/after_paleoconservatism_ii#24707 Post contents: These are big issues, of course, which inevitably raise complex questions. For example: Is a restoration of Christianity the same as a restoration of conservative values through political means? I personally believe that western Christianity contains both conservative and radical elements (but that's another discussion). I agree with you that we should avoid at all costs a Jacobin-style restoration (which is unlikely anyway on the Right), but I am inclined to believe that the restoration of which you write can mean different things to different rightists. Some bloggers want a restoration of the Confederacy, others want a return to the Middle Ages, and others want the 1950s back. (Some want all of the above too!) I too love historical thinking, but this lack of consensus over what restoration entails prevents the making of sound policies which can compete with the neocons. Sent at: 2008 07 24