On this first edition of Middle Theory for 2019, a rift is growing in the GOP, with vocal opposition to Donald Trump following an op-ed by newly elected Utah Senator Mitt Romney.\xa0
Happy New Year, first of all... and as we look at what's happening in the news, Micah begins with some discussion of holiday reading, and what we consider "higher literature" by today's standards. Does the writing of novelist Stephen King, who many call our era's American "master storyteller", qualify?