Samuel Bostaph wrote: >It may be an exercise in futility to do so, but nevertheless I will >suggest that John Medaille (and others inclined to agree with >his impression of Hayek and Mises as "neo-conservatives") read Hayek's >"Why I am Not a Conservative." It is found as a postscript to his THE >CONSTITUTION OF LIBERTY (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1960). It wouldn't be futile at all, since I agree completely that this is not conservatism. As Novak himself notes, neo-liberalism would be a more accurate description than neo-conservative. As a descriptive term, there are only two things wrong with "neo-conservative": it's not new and it's not conservative. Nevertheless, the followers of Mises and Hayek often self-identify as neo-conservatives. John C. Medaille