Reflections on the GOP Loss: In Search of a Silver Lining  By 
|   Sunday, November 18, 2012 Filed under: Culture and Society,
Politics Tags: , , , ,  I’ve long ceased commenting on current
affairs for lack of any discernible meaning, and instead turned
my attention to the theoretical, with an eye to a brighter
tomorrow. Well, the 2012 elections may well prove to be an
exception, a portent of something new, something different. No,
not because the Democrats have won, but because the Republicans
have lost!  Indeed, Romney’s defeat, coupled with the
continuation of the status quo in both houses, promises to be
the best of all possible outcomes. Again, not because the
policies emanating from the White House are expected to be more
enlightened or better for the country with Mr. Obama in charge
than with Mr. Romney. Nor do I base my hopes on the White House
prerogative of filling in Supreme Court appointments. I’ve long
shed the illusion that liberalism, unaltered, can work. On what,
then, do I base my cautious