The new American Conservative

The new issue of The American Conservative arrived last night, and I read it all from cover to cover. They don't have any of it up on their site yet (not even the cover), but for anyone interested in the future of the conservative movement, it's a must-read. The entire issue is devoted to short essays from a variety of contributors, including some liberals, and even Your Working Boy, who were asked to answer the following two questions:

1. Are the designations "liberal" and "conservative" still useful? Why or why not?

2. Does a binary Left/Right political spectrum describe the full range of ideological options? Is it still applicable?

Lots of good stuff followed. I'm going to put up some of the best stuff from the issue in subsequent postings. I'll keep the authors separate so we can have several threads going at the same time.