I read that, too, Kathryn. According to Bill Kristol, we are all neo-conservatives now, or at least Ramesh and a few others. And this, he exclaims, is, of course, the future. Count me out. But then, again, I have a “pre-existing” medical condition (again, quoting Dr. Kristol — PhD not MD) because I, and some of my colleagues, dare to resist. Hence, sayeth Bill Bennett, we sound like Trotskyites. So, we’ve come full circle. The mentor (Bennett) of the offspring (Kristol) of former Trotskyites labeling Burkeans Trotskyites. We live in confusing times.

Update: Here’s Bennett and his Trotsykite barb.