This is the way the world ends
\nThis is the way the world ends
\nThis is the way the world ends
\nNot with a bang but a whimper.<\/p>\n
The Hollow Men<\/i>, T.S. Eliot<\/p>\n
Jeff Flake’s scalding attack on Donald Trump yesterday lacked only one thing: A commitment to staying in the Senate and fighting for a Republican Party that isn’t an offense against American values and ordinary human decency. As too many others have, Flake is quitting the field and surrendering the Party to the barbarians.<\/p>\n
Which is not to say I’m without sympathy. After all, Trump has created a coalition of the sick and disaffected, and they love to send abusive e-mails; it has to take its toll, and you can’t blame a man for muttering “I don’t need this $λιζ.”<\/p>\n
But, as Ross Douthat so rightly points-out in today’s New York Times<\/i><\/a>, “In the end, if you want Republican voters to reject Trumpism, you need to give them clear electoral opportunities to do so …”<\/p>\n There is only one way to fight nihilistic fanatics: Openly, and to their irrevocable destruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. The Hollow Men, T.S. Eliot Jeff Flake’s scalding attack on Donald Trump … Continue reading