An Arthur C. Brooks Christmas Moment
I'm sure it's only tangentially related to the Albert C. Brooks-described mindset (
Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism), but as I walked relatives out of our house after Christmas dinner, I saw that the house down the block with the "Invade Iran! No" bumper stickers and the "Invest in Peace Instead of War" yard signs had one of the local bus service's Call a Ride program vehicles out front.
Did someone call a taxpayer-subsidized, bureaucrat-operated van came to take one of the elderly or disabled guests home after Christmas dinner instead of, you know,
taking that guest home?
I mean,
damn.