My husband tried to call it a Texas thing, where people get up to leave a party and then everyone just continues the conversation standing up by the front door. I don’t think that’s a Texas thing. I think that’s a tipsy person thing.

Anyway, I found myself in one of these the other night, let’s call it a Texas Roundup, with a bunch of people who share about 70% of my political views. This is a dangerous percentage to share with a group. Maybe the most dangerous. It’s also about the most you c...