The federal system, working properly, has room for us all
In the Age of Barack Obama, conservatives can seem uncommonly keen to tell you what they are not.
“When I am around conservatives,” anti-progressive Millennials will gripe, “I feel libertarian. But when I am around libertarians, I feel conservative. Perhaps,” they conclude, “I’m a bit of both?”
A similar bewilderment has afflicted hardened veterans of the Reagan revolution — many of whom have reluctantly come to the conclusion that the Bush years were a disappointing failure and that the Republican party is an inefficient vehicle for their aspirations. It has caught in its trap the loudest players within the effusive and multifaceted …
