The Kristol statement is not a key editorial statement for the simple reason that it was written by IrvingKristol the father of the magazine s editor not by BillKristol As a note Irving has often said that he Irving is the neo conservative and his son just a conservative Of course this has a lot to do with the changing definition of neo conservative Irving Kristol was one of the original neo conservatives leftists who had eventually migrated to conservatism Irving made the point that his son Bill had never been a leftist and hence was not a neo conservative in the original sense Regarding moving the word neo conservative to the end of the sentence it now matches Wikipedia s other opinion magazine ledes