Ireland’s leftward drift, discussed here recently, is expected to be confirmed in today’s presidential election. As a centrist who believes in both the positive role of the State, including in redistributing wealth, and the wealth-creating power of business and free markets, the election of a far-leftist to the role of president would bode ill. What tangible significance it might have will be for another column. One reason for the drift towards bigger government as the answer to every ill is because those of us who know how important free markets, competition, limited taxation and commercial vitality are for prosperity have…

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