Before the late Sixties, conservative intellectuals were commonly regarded as an obscure fringe group. They fiercely contested the great issues among themselves, but attracted little “mainstream” attention.
The same debates continue, but more publicly. Restraint of government is considered an essential element of conservative philosophy, yet one of conservatism’s most visible spokesmen, George Will, does not strongly object to the size of the government but only to its failure to uphold moral virtue.
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