The author makes some points on history, with little mention of liberal and conservative stance, but then makes a nonsensical jump to "the people who opposed the Iraq war and still oppose it are called "liberals." Those who advocated it and still support it are called "conservatives."", which was true then, and certainly now, at least generally. Although there might be complexities and subtleties to the political spectrum, the against-the-war stance was true then as it is now. Liberal, more accurately termed economically-left libertarian, as opposed to economically-right authoritarian (the standard Republican / Conservative), shares many characteristics with the economically-right libertarian, those typically called Libertarian, a concern for human freedom. It seems that liberal might be better equated with social Libertarians across the spectrum of economic focus, but it in no way diminishes the value of the label. The only category link that is nonsensical, is the equating of Democrat with Liberal, since Liberals are most often Independent, followed by Democrat, and lastly Republican. People with intelligence and a concern for social affairs, are much less likely to be conservative, and conservative, unlike liberal, is directly correlated with its associated party, the Republican.