Since you asked ... <s>

As to the right, I have some problems with the neo-cons. I follow a lot of their thinking regarding national defense, but I don't share their optimism about exporting democracy to cultures that do not have the traditional, tempermental, or legal underpinnings to make it work. I think a lot of our problems in Iraq ( post-war ) can be traced to a combination of Rumsfield's mis-calculating arrogance about troop strength and Wolfewitz's idea that Iraqis were starved for democracy. So, there are a lot of things in Weekly Standard that I have a problem with. ( I like reading Bill Kristol for the most part but I'd rather read his mother )

American Spectator, of course, given E. Tyrell's personality, must be taken cum grano salis <g>

So - probably National Review would represent the most main-stream right wing.

As to the loony left - I think it quite possible to very very very liberal and very very very sane ( though it is not the tenure track <s> ) I only have a problem with the likes of moveon.org, and the wannabees who think it is 1968 and the World Bank was the root of all evil ( and yeah, I was there in the real 1968 - working in Bobby Kennedy's campaign - when the issues were a little bit more real )

I have a lot of trouble with anyone who uses 'fascist', 'Nazi', 'Holocaust' etc without any apparent appreciation of history or proportion. It is intellectually lazy and demeaning to debate. It is also adolescent in a way that is particularly annoying.

I also object to smarmy self-righteousness from either side. Currently that is most apparent in the Loony Left and the Religious Right. ( it was particularly egregious in American and European Communists but since no one takes them seriously anymore except in tenured faculty they aren't much the issue )

As to the religious right - I look at them pretty much the way Goldwater did.

As to liberal vs conservative - I am sure I have plenty of views which would have the loonies on either side wanting to stand me up against a wall come the revolution. <g>



>>The New Republic represents whats left of American liberalism that hasn't been hijacked by the loony Left <s> www.tnr.com
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>So what's a website that represents the right of American Conservatism that hasn't been hijacked by the neocon Right?
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>Also, what's your idea of those organizations that can be classified as 'the loony left?'