Ronald Reagan once said that "I will never leave the Republican Party, but some day the Republican Party may leave me." Political parties and philosophy sometimes must part ways for short-term gain.

I think that is the case here with "tort reform." Price fixing, whether it is for the rent of apartments, the price of food, or the decision of a jury for the life of a child, should forever be outside the scope and power of government. These are decisions left to the market and to us as a people.

So fear not my left leaning friend, I am merely staying the course, even when those who are at the helm have temporarily gone astray.

Yet I am not about to put flowers in my hair, ride a monorail to Ballard, or allow our own government to price gouge us at the pump in the middle of a oil crises.

Sincerely,

Your red island in the sea of blue.

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