The crowning event at the Highland Games in Scotland is the tug-of-war. Eight brothers in arms square off against eight others across the line, gripping a rope as big as the biceps they wrap around it.
I can’t help but think how similar the world of politics is.
Those of us who wish to preserve constitutional government and human flourishing find ourselves in a great tug-of-war with a progressive Left that values neither.
In a tug-of-war, the goal for each team is not just to hold its side but to “drive out” the other team. On each end of the contest stand the “anchors,” burly men who loop the rope around their shoulders and dig in with all their weight. They will not be moved.
On the near ends of the rope are men with a different role to play. Face-to-face with their opponents, they look for warning signs of “lifts” (heaves) from the other team and…
