Those of you who have read the site for a long time know that I'm a pop-culture junkie. I grew up loving music, film, TV, books, comics, and theme parks. Those interests took root a looooong time before my interest in limited government, they'll remain long after I stop working in and around politics.
I regularly argue that the greatest mistake conservatives ever made was abdicating influence over popular media. Instead of engaging with it, the political right deemed pop-culture an enemy. So, pop-culture moved on without the political right.