Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead!

Of course, the witch I'm referring to here is conservatism. According to the latest issue of The New Republic, conservatism is officially dead. More specifically, neo-conservatism is dead. I sure hope so! Actually, I know a lot of paleo-cons, and they're not so bad. As for the roots of my "witch metaphor," I got that from The Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum's classic novel, which was turned into a 1939 motion picture, is supposedly a political allegory. But that's another topic!