I give a lot of credit to Hugh Hewitt for taking Donald Trump seriously and going beneath the superficialities of the journalistic-entertainment-academic consensus that he is erratic, off the cuff, lacking in nuance, and in danger of screwing up everything because he is so ignorant.  A credentialed and tenured professor (a well as talk show host), Hewitt was initially adamantly opposed to Trump but changed his mind. Writing an op-ed in the reflexively anti-Trump Washington Post, Hewitt sees that there may be a method to his actions, one that eludes minds accustomed to dismissing him as a buffoon. He begins with an observation that ought to be kept firmly in mind when evaluating Trump: Is it better to be thought a lightweight and dismissed by rivals if you are in fact talented, ambitious and ready to strike? To be thought clueless when in fact you have a plan? This brings to mind the triumph of the Trump campaign in data mining.  Was there anyone publicly...(Read Full Post)