A Little Self-Promotion: Another War-on-Terror Blog Added to "Best Conservative Blogs"

"Another War-on-Terror Blog" has been added to "The Best Conservative Blogs on the Internet" - joining a list that goes from "Atlas Shrugs" to "Young America’s Foundation."

The list is on Urban Conservative, a blog by an ex-Marine who describes his experience in the USMC this way: "The Marine Corps taught me what it meant to be accountable for my actions; and to make responsible decisions."

One of Urban Conservative's goals is to show "that not all conservatives look like Newt Gingrich. Yah know…white-upper-class males that you normally see on Capitol Hill; and that conservatives can be cool, sophisticated, hip and even urban."

I appreciate that, and we're due for a new perception of conservatives.

Just the same, I'm old enough to remember that the 'Newt Gingrich' image is an improvement on what came before. William F. Buckley Jr. is credited with changing the public image of 'the conservative.'

Before Buckley, when people, media people at least, thought "conservative," they'd most likely imagine a bloated, none-too-bright, cigar-chomping industrialist, along the lines of Thomas Nast's portrayal of William "Boss" Tweed. The urbane, anything-but-bloated, and articulate Buckley changed that.

Finally, I don't think of myself as "conservative," although that's how people online seem to perceive me and my writing. I suppose, in comparison to 'affirmative action for peace now' bloggers, I am conservative. I can live with that.