Thanks, primarily, to Republicans. And I'm not the only one who sees this. Oh, well. I, like others, are simply becoming resigned to the fact. I think P. J. O'Rourke gets it just about right. I used to be naive enough to think that talk radio would serve to educate people because I believed, and still do believe that our predicament, vis-à-vis Big Government, is a problem of the general ignorance of the people. But, as average people become better informed, the arguments change (they don't really, but that's the perception). The politicians and pundits are clever enough to keep in front of the debate. Now, you have "conservatives" (whatever the hell that means, anymore) on television and radio resorting to the same sort of dishonest half-truth, context-dropping, deception and manipulation as the lefties mastered decades ago. The only thing they haven't taken up yet, at least that I've noticed, is envy politics. Seeing as it's such a stunningly successful "political strategy" I don't see how they'll be able to risk not using it for very long. I guess this is why Reagan's death really hit a soft spot for me. In truth, he was not effective in curbing the...