Dear Editor, I suggest we give the political right in America their own country. The polls make it abundantly clear that they have worn out their welcome here. We could airlift the cool people out of Texas and herd the right into the former Lone Star State. Texas has never been comfortable being part of America (though happy to scarf down billions in federal largesse), so we're really just giving them what they want. A nation of right-wingers would be a nation of almost all white guys. And a few creepy gals. The IQ of the United States would skyrocket. More importantly, a nation of wing nuts could do things their way without destroying the rest of us. They would have closed borders. Everyone would have a gun. There would be no abortions – but the infant mortality rate would be through the roof. There would be no minimum wages, no pollution laws, no food-labeling laws, no workplace-safety laws, no safety net, no privacy. There would be lots of torture, lots of indefinite incarceration. Taxes would be low. There would be a constant threat of invasion, lots of surveillance, lots of pollution, lots of war. There would be no Social Security. The president would have unchecked powers. The economy would always be bad – but they would say it was doing well. They would have a whopping big deficit and a whopping big army. Sexual activity, if any, would be carefully regulated and monitored. They would have the most incompetent government in the world. Except for the complete absence of nice people, it would not be too much different from the way Texas is now. Of course, without liberals to rip off, they would soon be dead.