I really want to like Rand Paul, but he keeps saying things that give me pause.  I like that he wants to fight the GOP establishment.  I like that he wants to roll back big government.  And I like that he wants to expand the base to include more young people and minorities.  (There are some very worrisome things he’s said about foreign policy, but we’ll put that aside, as those views seem to be “evolving.”) I didn’t listen to his Louisville campaign announcement speech yesterday, but Paul Mirengoff of Powerline did, and he noticed something that has really got me worried: In his speech, Paul stated: I see an America where criminal justice is applied equally and any law that disproportionately incarcerates people of color is repealed. As John [Hinderaker] points out, pretty much every criminal law disproportionately incarcerates African-Americans, from murder on down. Thus, Paul sees an America where, at most, only...(Read Full Post)