[JCBreckenridge]

I’m saying given your source and his definition of ‘conservativism’ inside of it, it doesn’t match mine, or most people’s definition of it.

I also don’t see where he’s saying that if we make drugs legal that America’s problems will go away. We’ll just get different ones and many of them will be worse.

[Yardstick]

So you’re disputing that Sowell said what he said because it was printed by a liberal source?

That seems kind of weak.

And quibbling with his definition of conservatism misses the point since he did more than just reject the conservative label. He also expressed a preference for the libertarian label.

And no, that’s not what he’s saying about drugs. What he’s saying is that making drugs illegal has made things worse, just as alcohol prohibition made things worse. This is a fairly standard libertarian argument.