What? He was just getting his marching orders from his boss.

So I guess Dylan added that last flourish of phrasing! Thanks.

Please tell me "patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings" is not among them.

This philosophy of exclusion dates, as E Digby Baltzell pointed out in The Protestant Establishment to a post Civil War reaction of elites to the massive influx of immigrants and their failure to assimilate the best and brightest into their ranks. His warning call predicted the place in which we are

The irony is that most of these so called Heritage Americans have been counted a various times as non-heritage Americans. Many of my ancestors arrived in the 17 century. An none can claim that they were here before Native Americans, Jews, Africans, Spanish, French, Dutch, Irish and Swedes.

… in the case of the Heritage Foundation, dangerous.

Thinking about some more, Ice always been a fan of political think tanks where scholars think trade arch and write about things deeply and thoroughly in an effort to influence mainstream attitudes and adjust the center. But when they become political players I believe they become useless and…

You’re right, it’s not nothing. Their stance on civil liberties is terrific. It’s their stance on federal government I’m not a fan of.

Is it really a tragedy though? It feels more like a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Thinking you can beat the house doesn't make you a dreamer; it makes you an idiot.

Awww... but come on, admit it, you lads over at Cato were SO hoping they were going to be able to slash all the stuff you've always wanted to slash, hang a "closed" sign on the government and return us to your mythical days of "bootstrap economics".

Gives one hope that we might one day see his name blasted off the Kennedy Center like the swastika off Zeppelin Stadium in Nuremberg.