(Updated from 2010, when Obama-the-idea was still new.) The Hook The GOP establishment has always kept one foot in the water bucket during a thunderstorm; never fixing that hole in the roof, because, when it’s raining, it too wet to…
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Roy Moore and the Soft Bigotry of Elitism
(I’ll get to Roy Moore shortly.) The Mason-Dixon Line of Elitism Who knew that Queens was just a half mile east of Dayton, Tennessee? Christopher Hitchens (RIP) once said that the English wear their class on the tips of their tongues. That…
Donald Trump and the People, a Reprise
(A chapter from my Kindle book at Amazon..com, Donald Trump, the Common Man and the American Theology of Liberty, covering only his campaign through the election, but a unique analysis of Trump’s relationship with the people, especially those no one…
Will Virginia MAGA Conservatives Rescue Easy Ed Gillespie?
(Photo: RedState.com) “If you will stop telling lies about us, we will stop telling the truth about you” (This remark wasn’t appropriated from a Republican, but a Democrat, Adlai Stevenson, their 1952 presidential candidate. And it fell flat for the same…
My Seventeen-Year Romance with George W Bush
In 2000 I genuinely liked George W Bush. He was more than just “not Al Gore” or even “not the continuation of the Clinton Machine.” He was Christian, a conservative (no really) and a quiet, congenial man. He ran on…