Very confusing article.  Please do a rewrite and stop using generalization TERMS which are difficult to decipher, like "culture warrior", "party's version of the tea party", "reduction-ad-absurdum brand of politics".  Call me stupid but what the h*ll are you talking about?  "party's version of the tea party" -- JUST SAY what you mean ... or re-write for your stupider audience.  I follow politics intensely and cannot figure out your position on anything in this writing.  

Likewise:  no one will answer the questions I want answered:  If abortion were illegal, what would you do to the woman, doctor, nurse, mid-wife, medical equipment suppliers, drug suppliers when a woman has an abortion?  Would they ALL go to jail or prison?  Is that how the for-profit prisons will re-fill their cells after marijuana is no longer universally illegal?  

Okay, I've vented.  Thank you for the opportunity.