Rod writes: "I think it says something about where the conservative movement in America is today that some can't bring themselves to mount much more than frat-boy sneering at the kinds of ideas, concerns and questions that used to be front and center for our tribe."
Without defending the tone or substance of every post that’s appeared here or in The Corner, methinks you read too much into the casual nature of the blogosphere. It would seem to me that the presence of a blog dedicated to this idea you've put out there on National Review Online, Rod, suggests that discussions of what conservatism is are important to "the tribe."
Some of the ideas and concerns and questions that you raise in your book are not only in your book — they're concerns about family and tradition and things that come up in "tribal" circles (like, say, on this site) now and again and again. That some don't mount a substantive response to your book doesn't mean they are being rejected. And to read too much into some blog posts seems unfair to the "tribe."
