The article appears to be a complete rehash...as though the author had pulled a paragraph or two out of any of hundreds of articles that have been written over the past twenty years or so. The definition of what (or perhaps that should be where) is 'right' depends entirely on how far 'left' the author sees himself. In reality, most Americans are quite firmly in the center, and don't see themselves as belonging to any extreme. The same person can believe strongly in both the right to gay marriage and the need for gun control, and not consider that odd in any way.