Bolton's conservative ideology has roots in Yale experience
When John Bolton '70 LAW '74 took the podium for his commencement speech at the height of campus demonstrations against the Vietnam War, he was not out to please the crowd. Calling the event "an exercise in ideological self-congratulation," Bolton laid out the future of American politics for his left-leaning classmates.
"The conservative underground is alive and well here," he said. "If we do not make our influence felt, rest assured we will in the real world."
Thirty-five years later, Bolton, who mocked audience hecklers in his speech, still displays a conservatism that is...
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