conservatism

The self-destruction of the Republican Party

For the past forty years, the American political scene has moved precipitously to the right.  It has become a cliche to point out that Barry Goldwater, once the epitome of conservatism, would be unwelcome in today’s Republican party, dominated by the Christian Right.  Indeed, even Worst-President-Ever Ronald Reagan might be shunned as an amnesty supporting, [...]