[C. Edmund Wright]

Unfortunately, there is a growing contingent of so-called conservatives who're also quite comfortable with large intrusive government. The only difference between them and your tax and spend liberal is the focus of the intrusion. Conservative culture war types were content advocating that government promote their values, however their successors are more comfortable with government dictating those same values.

I respectfully disagree somewhat - most of the conservative culture warriors fight a liberal attempt to have an activist government change the culture. While we may disagree on whether that's a worthy battle - a legitimate disagreement - I refuse to acknowledge that its the same thing as being pro government by conservatives.

[Melas]

In 1994, I would have agreed with you. Today, not so much. In the last few years I’ve even seen a number of calls for the repeal of the 21st Amendment. That’s an issue that I thought was settled once and for all.