Eventually "conservative" and "liberal" will be largely replaced as philosophical counterpoints by libertarianism and "communitarianism", which is basically statism with euphemisms.
Even as things stand O'Rourke, a "liberal" like Nat Hentoff, and even the philosophies of Ronald Reagan have more in common with each other than either has in common with Hildebeast, Donald Wildmon, or the new-version Bill O'Reilly.
-Eric
I think you're on to something, Eric. P.J. O'Rourke has become a bright spot in the usual leftie literary magazines of the day.