Bearing Drift November e-zine: The Republican Party – True to Its Core

^[1]How many times have you heard that today’s Republican Party is a far cry from the Party of Lincoln? Or Theodore Roosevelt? Or Dwight Eisenhower? Or even Ronald Reagan? If you’re like me, you probably hear it all the time. One of the frustrations of being a student of history, especially political history, is how some ideas become ingrained in common culture and changing those ideas – even if they aren’t based in fact – can be a difficult challenge.