People often comment that if JFK were alive today, he would be a Republican, or at least scorned by the Democrats.  There is probably some truth to this.  The political goalposts have shifted over the decades, with ideology now taking precedence over intergenerational party membership, so the COVID-19 reset might be a good time for conservatives to rediscover their ideological core. Both political parties focus their criticisms on the fringes of the other party, often ignoring their own fringe elements and the Venn diagram overlap of common ground.  Each party has a core set of values to defend, often for political reasons, unaware that its competing values are often the other side of the same coin.  Real differences exist, to be sure, some irreconcilable, but conservatives should take the lead by looking in the mirror. Consider the traditional conservative defense of capitalism.  Conservatives understand the importance of market...(Read Full Post)