Jim Manzi has some thoughts on conservatism, libertarianism, and subsidiarity.
His emphasis on federalism, despite his conservatism, was the biggest thing that I liked about Fred Thompson.
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“His emphasis on federalism, despite his conservatism,…”
Not quite following you here. Russell Kirk included particularism, a generalization of the concept of federalism, among the traits tending to characterize persons of conservative inclination.
There are many people who today call themselves conservatives who don’t know who Russell Kirk is, and are by any objective measure “fair-weather” federalists (e.g., the Drug Warriors).