Liberals were just as engaged and using the rhetoric of a sort of a battle with the Soviets and with Communism in general, with an evil empire.

Elite fundamentalism has always been on the corporate side of things.

The Family in particular, but also other really **** conservatives come to call what is "Biblical Capitalism." The idea that capitalism is ordained in the Bible and that inasmuch as we interfere with the market, we're interfering with God's literal and visible hand.

What the Cold War did was provide a fairly clearly defined enemy and it's easy to organize around that.

Elite fundamentalism has always going to be involved with a certain set of conservative interests, but certainly not exclusively Republican.

My favorite forgotten President in American history is James Buchanan, who in defending really robust and sharp-elbowed debates said, "I like the noise of democracy. I like the sound of people in the streets making noise."

Liberalism doesn't speak to ideals. Radicalism does.