Come along for a leisurely drive on the winding, remote backwoods byways of American conservatism.
Let’s start in Lebanon, N.H., where Norris Cotton worked as a lawyer before being elected to the U.S. House (1947-1954) and the Senate (1954-1974, 1975). He described himself as “rock-ribbed conservative and proud of it.”
Drive north a while on Route 10, turn onto the country road known grandly as the …