The GOP’s mind-bending guide to government: What happens when you let carnival barkers run the free world
"Since the ascendancy of Donald Trump and, to a lesser though not insignificant extent, Dr. Ben Carson, Republican policies continue to have roots in a xenophobic, nearsighted and regressive worldview, but more than anything else, they’re genuinely screwy. There are myriad reasons why it’s happened, ranging from Obama Derangement Syndrome to cynical pandering to badly uninformed, kneejerk yokels who don’t know any better. Or both."