I’VE BEEN READING The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America by Adrian Woolridge and John Micklethwait, two Economist correspondents who cover American politics. I’m somewhat skeptical of their thesis, which is that America is moving almost inexorably rightward. There’s lots of interesting stuff, though, and I suspect that they’re right that Democrats are desperately afraid that this Presidential election might be their last chance to avoid a long term Republican ascendance. Anyhow, it’s pretty interesting, and if you like the “Lexington” column in The Economist you’ll probably like this.