Even what you're saying, do you today consider yourself a cultural conservative? No, not at all. No, because... Are you used to be better? Isn't that all? No, we're in a period of decadence, falling off, you see, that's all. No, conservative would mean that I would be cleaving to something past, which was great in no longer is, and that would be saying we need to return to that. And usually I'm not saying we need to return to anything. I do believe we're moving inexorably into the future. There's a momentum to that. I'm a libertarian, so I'm always freely offending both sides, liberal conservative, and I'm a Democrat, even though I'm constantly criticizing the... I think a true intellectual should be always beyond partisanship. I always criticize. Oh, yes, and always critiquing the premises of your own friends and allies.