I don’t envy Paul Ryan’s position. Then again, I didn’t ask for it. Ryan is a Republican and speaker of the House. And his party is offering for president this year, Donald J. Trump.

Ryan has endorsed him, as most people say he had to. There was no choice. There was a choice, of course. Ryan could have said, “No, this man is not fit to be president, and I cannot give him my endorsement.” But he did what he did.

And if Ryan thinks Trump ought to be president, or that he is preferable to Hillary, fine. Everyone is entitled to his opinion. His conscience. His vote.

Now Ryan is saying that, if you don’t support Trump, you’re supporting Hillary — even if you’re not supporting Hillary. That would include Ryan’s running mate from four years ago, Mitt Romney.

According to this rule — the Ryan Rule — Romney is a Hillary supporter, a Hillary helper, because he cannot in good conscience vote for Trump, or her.

That is the topic of an article of mine, on the homepage, here.

Why do I single out Ryan, when there are many, many Republicans like him? Because there aren’t many Republicans like him. He’s about the best of the breed. So I pick on him.