A dark heart it must be. And she used to have such great columns about family issues. I am not surprised you would be familiar with her work.
I've been reading her stuff since she first appeared as an editorial intern in "National Review." She's a skilled writer, although the brief-column format isn't her strength, and she's a very good social analyst, putting data together accurately and using well-chosen and relevant examples.
I think something happens to conservatives who live in New York too long. What reasonable "conservative," even in the seething stew of FR - where any definition of "conservative" breaks down once the second person opines - would say, "Because my insurance company is not providing the most expensive drugs available for a lifestyle-related medical condition, we must have government force everyone to pay for my drugs."? A conservative would say, "Pay cash then!" and unless he or she were incredibly charitable, would add, "Take the cost out of your food budget."