Arnold Kling (with whom, among many others, I talked last weekend at the Conservative Summit) has an interesting post, though I’m not sure I agree with the taxonomy. I’ve never thought of myself as a conservative, and still don’t, really, but I agree with most of the principles he lays out in what he calls an Ideological Affirmation Task Force Request for Comment, or IATF RFC.

[Update]

OK, for the clueless commenters who insist not only that I’m a conservative, but (even more foolishly and laughably, as though they can read the minds of the masses) that everyone agrees that I am, with the exception of me, I’m sure that they can confidently tell me my positions on:

• gay marriage
• gay civil unions
• whether homosexuals are born or made
• whether ID should be taught along with evolution in science classes
• human cloning
• whether abortion should be legal
• whether or not there’s a god
• pornography censorship
• blue laws
• drug legalization

In other words, people who mindlessly call me a conservative, or “right winger” cherry-pick their litmus paper types to only judge me on the issues that they choose to, in order to declare my “obvious” conservatism. That’s why I have zero respect for their opinions in such matters.