The GOP Wraparound
It is a Sunday, so there is not much to talk about headline-wise. But there is something that has been on my mind. It is something that I like to call the 'GOP Wraparound'. Now, what is this? A wraparound is video game terminology for when a video game character, say good ol' PacMan, moves so far to the right of the game screen that he instantaneously wrapsaround to the left side of the screen. It is a common aspect of old-school sidescrollers and looks like this: Right to left, round and round they go. Well, this spatial twisting of reality does have a real-world counterpart, and that would be the world of politics. You can see it happening right now with the Republican Party. Under the influence of MAGA and Donald Trump, the GOP has moved so far right that it is now a party that advocates left-wing policies. Take, for example, this recent madness of crippling tariffs imposed by Team Trump. I am old enough to remember that pr...