They really are burning down the house

You know what the hardest thing for me to accept about Trump's structural support is? Not the ignorance and neediness of so many Americans, which is sad but commensurable. It's the cynicism and fundamental lawlessness of the people they trust to lead them. I look at McConnell and Rudy Giuliani, at Mike Pompeo and Mike Pence and I wonder if they bother to pay for the TicTacs they pick up at airport newsstands, never mind their taxes. They lie, they cheat, they steal--they don't give a damn about anyone or anything but themselves. They make me feel like such a sucker I can't tell you. Why did I ever waste a minute feeling guilty about anything when I could have been robbing my neighbors blind?

When you read about early Protestantism, you're struck by the terror they had of antinomianism--the heretical belief that once Jesus saves you, you can rob, murder, and fornicate to your heart's content. Someday if I catch him sober, I'd like to have a chat about that with Jerry Falwell, Jr.