Mormonism just rose in my estimation. I was talking to Joanna Brooks–a Mormon who writes the Ask Mormon Girl advice column and is the author of The Book of Mormon Girl– when conversation turned to the afterlife. The news she brought was good even for us non-Mormons . . .
The Apostle Paul could have been thinking about the Republican chattering class as he scribbled his letter to the Ephesians:
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive. (Eph. 4:14)
Substitute “another Romney misstep” for “doctrine,” and you get my meaning. Fortunately, cooler heads occasionally talk as well. And on a long, hard slog–and the campaign for the presidency is certainly that–cooler heads almost always prevail.