What is a Conservative, Exactly?

I have a new respect for the lady [Katherine Kersten, as profiled in “The One-Woman Solution,” February]. Does the Star Tribune know that they have readers in out-state Minnesota that may be conservative? What is your definition of “neo-con”? That word is thrown around and many people have no clue what it is. I think that Kersten is intelligent and has a desire to dig into subjects. It could be that she is far above the other Tribune writers and they are jealous. I’m not sure why the writer of this article doesn’t think she would appeal to redneck conservatives. The rednecks that I know in Brainerd are Democratic-leaning in their voting. I think the Tribune and possibly the writer of this article don’t know what a conservative is.