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Crunchy or soggy? My first bylined story for the Rocky: a contrary view of Rod Dreher's Crunchy Cons , a book that asks how people with conservative political view can also live more "organic" lives. (The short version of my view -- they can, and they don't have to renounce the free market to do so.) Rod's "point" is here . My "counterpoint" is here . I actually let Rod off with a stern warning, compared with the treatment he gets from his friend and former colleague Jonah Goldberg here . Then again, Jonah's writing for the congregation, not a more-general audience. Still, I'm with him. If you're interested in the "movement," which Jonah calls a journalistic invention, NRO has established a blog for crunchies and their critics. All I can say is, if you're having doctrinal disputes over whether it's OK to buy gourmet coffee beans that aren't locally roasted, you're really not comfortable discussing Adam Smi