"what else but arrogance would dare challenge the orthodoxy here?"

Jim, I really don't know what orthodoxy you are speaking of. At various times I am right of center and at other times, left.

There are a number of posters with whom I agree more often than not, but there is no single individual with whom I agree all the time about shades and interpretations of the 'big' issues. Lots like life in that regard. No one agrees with me all the time, either.Sometimes too, we push the wrong button on the llevator and wish we hadn't. Some things are emotional for people, and other things get addressed very calmly and cooly. IMO, this place has more people left of center than right of center. That's the nature of the people who come here and post I guess. But to ascribe that to an established orthodoxy? No, I don't think so.