Conservatives' idea of a good time: 1700s
The late William F. Buckley, the intelligent and witty voice of conservatism before talk-show primitives took over the microphone and the movement with it, famously described a conservative as "someone who stands athwart history, yelling 'Stop ...' "
There's only one slight problem with that -- history does not stop. While it is impeded and diverted sometimes, mostly it just goes marching forward trampling any "Stop!" shouters standing in the way.
Today I stop to consider why conservatives behave as they do. Last week I looked at liberals, who are apt to be silly and unsure of what they stand for -- beyond a general desire to have the government do something nice.
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/reg-henry/conservatives-idea-of-a-good-time-1700s-634979/