CTRL-Z, Republican Style 0
On this week’s episode of Wait! Wait!, someone joked that, whereas the Democratic Party might want to undo the last 30 years of Republican ascendancy, Republican goals are much loftier: Undoing the Enlightenment.
Actually, it’s too true to be funny. From the Concord, New Hampshire, Monitor (registration may be required):
They are members of a committee set up earlier this year to study the impact of federal aid and programs in New Hampshire. A few weeks ago they made their report, and it’s a doozy. It is not a sober, serious analysis, replete with facts, expert testimony and sophisticated analysis.
Instead – as my incredulous lawyer husband noted after reading it – it’s more of an incoherent manifesto that might emerge from a late-night college dorm bull session. One fueled by several six-packs of beer. In this case, the kids are tossing out, willy-nilly, a grab bag of ideas of how governments should be run. Or, more to the point, not run.
