"I keep seeing the term Neo-conservative (Neo-Con) pop up here at Mudcat. I have asked what this means, because it isn't used, from what I can see here , as what it meant from the 1970s when it first gained currency."   

Hi, John. I'd like to point out that the term "neo-con has been closely connected in thought with the term New World Order, and that goes back to the very late 1800s. I posted a link to the article done by a prof at Harvard--I don't think of Harvard as being any better than many other universities; that's just where the guy worked--a few years back.

Hope you've been doing well. Good to see you posting again.