What Do “Law and Order” Conservatives Have to Say About the Kentucky Gay Marriage Controversy?

Read MoreYou’ve got to hand it to conservatives.
The so-called advocates of “law and order” have become champions of unlawful disorder.

Read MoreYou’ve got to hand it to conservatives.
The so-called advocates of “law and order” have become champions of unlawful disorder.

Enlightenment must include detours, challenging basic assumptions, and willingness to change when confronted with evidence.
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Read MoreAssholes of America have found their ideal candidate.
He embodies their deepest-rooted fears. He plays to their crazed phobias and nuttiest conspiracy theories. He exploits their frantic desperation for simple answers to complex problems. He’s the grotesque political pathogen of mass ignorance. Like them, he’s every bit as mean, as crude, as juvenile, as xenophobic, and overtly as sexist and as racist as they are — only worse.

Read MoreRemember when the Republican Party used to be respectable and rational? Remember when the GOP used to nominate presidential candidates who members of both parties could admire and look up to, who were both intelligent and statesmanlike, leaders who inspired the best in all of us, rather than dividing the country and extracting the very worst fears in their supporters?

Read MoreAdmittedly, I would make a lousy political strategist.
I have no patience with idiocy. I have no concept of how to appeal to the “average voter.” I have no clue as to why the dopes and dummies of the broad electorate continue electing politicians who consistently act against the best interests of the American working class. Call me an elitist — at least, I’ll admit it.