other cultures thus encouraging the gradual emergence of a universal, democratic, political culture. that s taken from foreign affairs article that he s going to be published in january and february. his book comes out, though, in january. late january, strategic vision. he ll be coming to new york and doing events here. i look forward to hearing from him on that. is he doing kimmel? i m not sure. i m sure he is. daily show. has he been on the daily show? i think he has. colbert or the daily show. i ll have to ask my dad. strategic vision is the name of the book, right? yes. i m going to order it. erick erickson, are we in a suicide pact? oh, boy. yes, we are. and three weeks out is perhaps the perfect time for me to ask this, have conservatives entered a suicide pact? has the republican party as a whole done the same?