Today, EItheR gets a mention in Amity Shlaes’ Bloomberg column, which is about religiosity in American politics and foreign policy:

Maybe Goldwaterism never stood a chance in Goldwater’s day. It stands even less of a chance now. In his new book on Republicans, “The Elephant in the Room” (Wiley, 256 pages, $25.95), syndicated columnist Ryan Sager says the political culture is shifting. In Western states, values such as freedom, independence and privacy used to dominate the Republican Party. But now Southern values — religion and tradition — are supplanting them. Indeed, the Republican libertarians of the Southwest or Montana are already feeling so isolated that Democrats are making a play for them.

Read the whole thing.