By Roger Koopman

The answer to politics is not more politics. It's not making eloquent excuses for comprising fundamental principles. Freedom is what it is. It doesn't change, it doesn't mutate, and it doesn't hybridize with tyranny. Breed one with the other, and the offspring is a two-headed carnivore with an insatiable appetite. Feed it morsels of our liberties and it will only grow larger and demand more, until it's swallowed up our Constitution for dinner.

In these times of pragmatic politics and pandering politicians, Republican lawmakers wear the moniker “conservative” like a cheap tin b...