This is really risible, the never-ending debates about what does or does not constitute conservatism at NRO. The critique of this is quite obvious — the fusionist project emerged in the Cold War, whose climate created a sociological buttress for an otherwise utterly incoherent alliance. The Cold War is over and now some "traditionalists" are seeing the light of day. It is indeed unfortunate that so many astute Catholics have been caught up in all this and therefore distracted from working through their tradition, preferring instead to perpetuate discussions that have little or no philosophical and theological substance at their heart.
