Modernaður høgravongur er rabiatur

Undir yvirskriftini The Real Conservative Scandal, skrivar E. J. Dionne í Washington Post:

Their movement has been overtaken by a quite literally mindless opposition to government.
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This is a long way from the conservatism I used to respect. Although I often disagreed with conservatives, I admired their prudence, their affection for tradition and their understanding that the intricate bonds of community are established with great difficulty over time and not easy to reweave once they are torn asunder. At their best, conservatives forced us to think harder. Now, many in the ranks seem to have decided that hard and nuanced thinking is a telltale sign of liberalism.