re: #12 zombie

(As to what exactly this philosophy will be — well, I haven’t written the essay yet, but it’s not much different than the typical “9/11 neocon” or from most people here: hawkish on foreign policy, laissez-faire on social issues; strongly against extremism at either end of the political spectrum, pro-freedom, anti-totalitarian, complete rejection of Marxism and fascism, strongly pro-Constitution but not chauvinistic or xenophobic in my pro-Americanism, anti-discrimination, pro free speech, etc. etc. — you know the drill.)

Much of that would be heartily endorsed by Ben Franklin and some other founders. Why, you could be a Franklinist!