Editor,
What the heck is a “Teutonic shift in which the Republicans are losers”? (“Making Sense of 2015,” in the Dec. 31 edition.)Teutonic is defined by Webster as “Pertaining to the tall blonde race characteristic of northern Europe.” After painting a picture where the white establishment is threatened, how would a Teutonic shift be detrimental? Did he perhaps unknowingly (or knowingly) create a beautiful malapropism? I wonder if he meant to use the cliche “tectonic shift” defined as “having a strong and widespread impact <a tectonic shift in voting patterns>”?
Mike Rybah, Laguna Beach
