"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…." That Dickensian description of Europe during the French Revolution holds true for American conservatives today.In the modern American edition, though, the two cities of our tale are not Paris and London. They're "Washington, D.C." and "everywhere else."
Americans are famously impatient and with good reason. Throughout our country's existence, we've enjoyed steady progress. Indeed, we consider progress to be our birthright. Consequently, we're almost always in a hurry to move forward.