“To say that someone is a conservative does not tell us what he is interested in conserving. Within our lifetimes, we have seen hard line communists trying to conserve the Soviet Union, fanatical Muslims trying to conserve ancient Islamic traditions, and American right-wingers trying to conserve the rich heritage of ‘Ozzie and Harriet.’ The word in itself does not communicate very much” (Doug Wilson, Angels in the Architecture, p. 110).