Seeing the news about Senator Larry Craig’s lewd conduct arrest and guilty plea* and an incisive analysis of the power of hypocrisy to disaffect voters away from the Republican party, I find myself glad of the fact that I have… Continue Reading
An emerging constituency within the GOP is people opposed to immigration. Some of them go through the motions of distinguishing between illegal and legal immigration, especially when accused of racism, but generally the distinction between legal and illegal immigration is… Continue Reading
I wrote yesterday about the elements in the GOP that want to encourage social conformity. These are closely allied with “morals” Republicans, because for them, universally good moral behavior necessarily produces a uniform social environment – such that they often… Continue Reading
What you put into your brain determines what your brain puts out. So it’s important to have a well-balanced intellectual diet, but a lot of people consume nothing but mental junk food. Now, I know that people have the right… Continue Reading
I’m sure to return to this idea soon. But the spectacle of seeing the leader of the Republican party swimming against the tide of his own partisans on immigration and the substantial dissatisfaction that social conservatives have with the GOP’s… Continue Reading