political thought of an ex NR staffer. Catholic based. Cannot expect society to be just.

Just in time for the Reagan revolution, Wills laid out a thinking man's version of conservatism, qualms and all. He seemed amused by -- but was quick to appreciate the influence of -- the neo-cons he met at National Review, many of whom had once been liberals of one stripe or another. Their "work as leftists tended to be far superior to what they were doing now," he wrote. ( )