Rich Schwartzman: An intoxicating hypocrisy

  Today’s socially conservative Republicans are reminiscent of the proverbial Puritan who had trouble sleeping because he knew that, somewhere, people were enjoying themselves.

  These are the same Republicans who say they’re for small government, unless, of course, they think you’re doing something of which they don’t approve. Then they need to create laws against those things.

  Not all the members of the “I know better” crowd are well-known members on the national level of politics.