Stephen W. Carson interviewed Paul Cantor, author of the highly recommended Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization, at Washington University in St. Louis for Washington Witness, just before his January 30, 2003, lecture on "Cartoon Anarchy: From the Simpsons to Southpark," sponsored by the Conservative Leadership Association at WU. Q: How did you come to be a conservative? A: I’ve always been conservative as long as I can remember. I come from a middle-class Jewish family in New York and my parents were sort of FDR liberals. Perhaps in rebellion against that my brother became a conservative, … Continue reading Liberty and Popular Culture