It is time to address the canard that endorsements for Sen. Ted Cruz from establishment Republicans damage his credibility as an outsider. It is opportunistic and lazy thinking.

If you read The New York Times “conservative” columnist David Brooks, you might better grasp the chasm between true and phony conservatives, between Reagan conservatives and establishment Republicans.

The reigning idiocy of the current political season is the incessant tossing around of “establishment,” an epithet now descending into meaninglessness.

Some time ago I said that many establishment Republicans dislike Ted Cruz so much that they would even back their nemesis, Donald Trump, if necessary to keep Cruz from winning. This is one time I wish I had been wrong.

Widespread discontent in the polls has not led to many big election upsets during this primary season… but voters might be keeping their powder dry for November.

Incumbent Senator Thad Cochran and challenger Chris McDaniel fight a classic old guard vs. insurgent challenge to the bitter end.

Breaking news: money is extremely useful to political campaigns.

Speaker Boehner wins big, and Rep. Renee Ellmers might end up running against Clay Aiken from “American Idol.”

Instead of focusing on their common Democratic “enemy,” Republicans are firing at one another.

Godspeed to those with the clarity of vision to see what is happening and the courage to oppose it.

Have we lost sight of what a monstrosity this is?

The stakes are too high not to draw the line today.

Rove has declared war on grassroots conservatives and Tea Parties.

The split within the Republican party is tactical, not philosophical; short-term, not fundamental. And therefore quite solvable.

Conservatives need to rediscover what they wish to conserve and how, in a climate every bit as hostile as 1964.

The GOP nominee for the 11th District — who raises reindeer and plays Santa Claus at Christmas — defeated write-in candidate, and establishment supported Nancy Cassis in a bid for Rep. Thad McCotter’s former seat.