If you’re trying to keep up with the progress of the hyper-adapted neocon meme – coming soon to a democracy near you – this very good NYRB article by Elizabeth Drew might help. Personally (and speaking as a leftie who supported the war and thus probably the perfect target demo for the whole neocon project), I’m open-mouthed in awe at the progress through the Western body politic of this unlikely ideological virus.
In which I try, after 25 years of blogging, to drop my ironic stance a bit.