http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/31/us/31camp.html?_r=1&oref=sloginPassing Down the Legacy of Conservatism
By JASON DePARLE
Published: July 31, 2006
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Headed for what she called “conservative boot camp,” Christina Pajak grabbed the essentials: dress sandals, her Bible and “The Politics of Prudence” by Russell Kirk, the celebrated writer who a half-century ago gave the conservative movement its name.
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Christina Pajak, 18, left, says her conservatism springs from her background, but she likes to defend it by using works by noted thinkers.
If she had not found Kirk, he would have found her. At a monthlong retreat for college conservatives here, he was both required reading and a source of after-hours debate among students excited to hear him called “one of Ronald Reagan’s favorite philosophers.”
Young people with old books is a common sight on the conservative circuit, and perhaps a growing one. While the movement has long sought to transmit its intellectual heritage to its young, that mission shows signs of new urgency amid fears of ideological drift.
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“Now we’re fighting a war in Iraq, and people say it isn’t our business,” Ms. Lightle said. “I have this core belief — that the true state of man is free — and the best way we have to be free so far is through democracy.”
You kids are old enough to serve in a real boot camp - THE ARMY! I mean, you keep talking about how much you support Bush and this war, well you're not proving it with some 'Conservative Boot Camp'. Go join the war and serve in Iraq.
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