I have had a day to digest the news, and speaking as a conservative, and a life-long Republican, my first reaction remains my reaction: “I had to hold my nose, and vote for Specter.  Now I have to do neither.”...

I have thought long and hard about what I should be putting in these blogs. My desire is to try to tackle the bigger questions, go for the “deeper” issue and philosophical underpinnings of an issue. Of course, this is...