In this thesis I lay out the hypothesis that the concept of science is a cultural object whose 'meaning' transitioned since the 1970's in depictions by conservative cultural elites. I focus exclusively on the 'The National Review' periodical, looking for certain markers in language surrounding words and phrases like 'science.' I document how conservative elites' depictions of science changes as milestones occur in United States history, while also documenting the way in which the discourse grows increasingly nuanced to the concepts of science: how 'science' and 'academia' occasionally intertwine, how depictions of science collide with conservative opinions on journalism and mass media, and how the 'scientific community' becomes estranged from the cultural object of science itself. Ultimately, the qualitative narratives shows how conservative elites maintain the value of the science cultural object while simultaneously condemning the community of science by working in tandem with historical processes, which illuminates further dimensions to the sociological concept of the cultural object, and also provides a theoretical answer to the question of how conservatism has interacted with science generally in the last several decades.