Two days ago I am sitting in my doctor's office waiting room. I take my place, survey my surroundings, and do what most of us do when we sit down in a doctor's waiting room. I create my own version of the Seinfeld routine. You know. I wonder what she...

As a self confessed progressive and blue state snob (or vice versa) as I watched the republican convention I thought to myself "Who are these people?" No, that's not what I thought -- what I thought was, "where do they find these people?" And, "how do they fit so many...