Because it is very well written, and speaks the truth.
I am not going to sort out various brands of conservatism. What I read by Rao was Catholic apologetics similar to this article and I recommend them to anoyne. Since his political views got him banned from FR, I would not be able to defend them even if I wanted to.
You seem to think one doesn’t contaminate the other.
I find no evidence of that assumption being true.
Because it is very well written, and speaks the truth.
Nah, I'd say it is poorly written, poorly argued, and contains too many errors of fact. It's TRITE anti-Protestantism and anti-Americanism. If I want to read something by an Ultramontanist, I'll pick up something by Joseph de Maistre. He usually has something thoughtful and interesting to say, even when I disagree with him (which is often).
I am not going to sort out various brands of conservatism. What I read by Rao was Catholic apologetics similar to this article and I recommend them to anoyne. Since his political views got him banned from FR, I would not be able to defend them even if I wanted to.
I think your problem is that if you said what you want to say in Rao's defense, you'd probably get banned from FR. And rightly so.