Assault on Reality
The Fortnightly Rant for November 19, 2010, from The New Hampshire Gazette, Volume 255, No. 4, posted on Saturday, January 15, 2011. Having won a resounding victory over a confused and demoralized Democratic Party, leaders of the GOP will now take on an adversary that could prove to be far more challenging: reality. Their most obvious handicap in the looming struggle will be their nearly-complete lack of familiarity with the subject. Republicans can hardly be blamed for their habitual avoidance of reality. Grappling with the basic building blocks of human existence has always been a fairly grim business; and the more success the Republicans have …