That was the subject of my impromptu comments at CPAC on Saturday (I’d link to video, but I can’t find it after minutes of exhaustive search). I think this is probably where the the intellectual debate is going to be heading as well. It’s been percolating for a good long while, obviously. Charles Murray’s fantastic Kristol Award speech and Jim Manzi’s widely discussed America’s edge essay were both recent harbingers of what’s to come. I’ve always been deeply interested in the subject of American exceptionalism and the left’s attempt to “Europeanize America.” Some may recall that it’s a major sub-theme of my book.

Anyway, I bring this up because the best primer on the subject of American exceptionalism and conservatism can be found in the Rich and Ramesh’s cover story of the latest issue. It’s really just a great piece of work and very much worth reading for the arguments to come.