[Jhoffa_]

I, for one, am not eager to ban either abortion or cloning, two hot-button issues on the religious right. On economic matters, neocons--like pretty much all other Republicans, except for Mr. Buchanan and his five followers--embrace a laissez-faire line, though they are not as troubled by the size of the welfare state as libertarians are.

But it is not really domestic policy that defines neoconservatism. This was a movement founded on foreign policy...

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[Torie]

What is your question?

[ffusco]

Speak softly and carry a big stick is neocon

[Pelham]

Many of Buchanan's ideas can be found in the writings of Wilhelm Roepke, who has been regarded as a conservative economist since he orchestrated the postwar German economic miracle. I realize it's regarded as great sport around here to disparage Buchanan's economic ideas, but then FR isn't exactly a hotbed of economic scholars.