In an almost excellent article at the Weekly Standard, Jeff Bergner tells us that the only way Republicans can govern is if they challenge and change the overarching narrative that drives politics.  I say almost, because he unfortunately does what most political commentators on the right do: They acknowledge the powerful influence shaping characteristics of cultural influence professions , but they imply by neglect that these professions will always favor The Narrative of the left. In this paragraph early in the piece he obviously gets how powerful the influences of these professions are on the basic beliefs of Americans on the nature of the American experiment: That The Narrative should move many Republicans as well as Democrats is hardly surprising. It is, after all, pervasive. This is the story presented to children at school by teachers and textbooks all across the nation. And, while the left-leaning American professoriate may think of itself as contrarian or skeptical, it operates in lockstep to offer The Narrative as the official view on virtually every college campus. It is reinforced at every turn by the print and electronic media, in the arts, and in every mainstream avenue of American culture. Granted the title of

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