In my opinion, there has been a systematic movement for control over the American mind over the past several decades.  It seemed to start in the 60's with the upsurge in the marketing industry, the sexual revolution, and has progressed through stages of removal of education courses in high schools that prepared young people for good jobs, increased tuitions that prohibited college enrollment for millions, removal of religious lessons and values from the lives of young people, tacit approval of damaging and self-destructive behavior through all forms of media, marketing of all mann

Because he apparently believes that conservatives have cornered the market on patriotism, Chuck Johnson asks this question:

If dissent is patriotic and the ultimate form of dissent is treason, is treason patriotic?

Looks like we finally explained why the Left is defending terrorists like Jose Padilla.

The answer to the first paragraph is: No.

Jonah Goldberg says the left has a "patriotism gap." But wait -- there's an explanation: