I should confess that it’s become increasingly hard for me to find topics that satisfy the objective of a column named “Happy Warrior.” “Angry Warrior,” perhaps. “Dejected Warrior,” maybe. “What-in-the-Holy-Hell-Do-You-People-Think-You’re-Doing? Warrior,” definitely. Keeping up good cheer? Well, the struggle is real.
And the Republican National Convention did nothing to lift my sagging spirits. Surely I can’t be alone. Mr. Trump’s acceptance speech, with its halting blasts of authoritarian rage aimed at an imaginary dystopia, sucked much of the light, joy, idealism, and intellectualism out of conservatism.
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