I write this on the eve of the election but, as you read it, the election will either be over -- decisive and legitimate and we know who our president is -- or close and contested with an agonizing wait of unknown duration.  But I wanted to record a few observations about the campaign, as I did in 2016, unadulterated by the vim of victory or the despair of defeat. Emotions among conservatives are running the gamut -- from a near paralyzing sense of dread to a liberating sense of positivism.  We hope for a Trump victory -- we can see it, hear it, taste it.  But we are emotionally prepared for the grave disappointment of a Biden victory.  That does not mean we will have lost.  More on that later. Watching Trump rallies became a kind of nightly ritual for me -- a touchstone with what conservatism is all about; a reminder of what it means to be an American; a connection to the Constitution.  The rallies have been uplifting in a time of so-called...(Read Full Article)