Hey Michael P., I think Commentary is neocon, but First Things is Deocon (God-centered paleocons without the hangups over White supremacy and antisemitism.).
Commentary opposes the themes of the New Left.
First Things opposes the themes of the Enlightenment.
A great introduction to this difference is:
"Stanley Fish replies to Richard John Neuhaus"
at:
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9602/fish2.html
These are folks who are velvet-gloved theocrats.
-Chip Berlet