If you wanted an early-morning poly-science overdose, you can find one at "The (long-winded) reason that I became and remain a neo-con", part 5 of ask-a-neo-con.
No wonder Ken Mehlman, a former Republican Party chairman who oversaw George Bush's 2004 victory, is now advising hedge funds on how to deal with a Democratic-leaning America.
and ... it appears that Rawls was a culprit in this sad causal chain (oh, how he wouldn't approve of being a neo-con Catcher in the Rye):
But economics, not race, made me neo-conservative before I knew the term. It happened because I broke-up with Rawls--to go steady with reason. That was prompted once I understood experience supported Ricardo's theory.
