An important essay was published over the Independence Day weekend.  Writing at Townhall.com, Kurt Schlichter laid out in stark terms the entirely foreseeable consequences of the behavior of the Democrat-progressive-media cabal.  It is a must-read, especially for the American left (who will, of course, be oblivious to anything not coming from the New York Times bubble). I will limit my excerpts and urge you to read the whole thing.  His basic case is powerful: Think about it. If you are out driving at 3 a.m., do you stop at a stop sign when there’s no one coming? Of course you do. You don’t need a cop to be there to make you stop. You do it voluntarily because this is America and America is a country where obeying the law is the right thing to do because the law was justly made and is justly applied. Or it used to be. The law mattered. It applied equally to everyone. We demanded that it did, all of us – politicians, the media, and...(Read Full Post)