Thomas Sowell thinks the difference between conservatives and liberals has to do with their views about the perfectability of man. Sowell argues that when it comes to the culture wars, each of us will be drawn to a specific trench not because of policies or parties but rather because of the vision we may hold…
Category: Liberalism
Congress and Stupid Law Tricks
A recent Rasmussen poll showed that only 29% of Americans are confident that Congress knows what its doing with regard to the economy. This isn’t a great number, obviously, but it’s higher than I would have expected. Not surprisingly it’s liberals who make up the bulk of those comfortable with the Democrats’ handling of the…
My Personal Mea Culpa
Deliberate readers of this blog will have noticed its diminished content recently, a reduction caused in large part by the demands of my day job. As rewarding as having this forum can be, it must be said that it doesn’t put so much as a crumb of food on the table. Another component of my…
The Anti-Purpose of Government
Mona Charen, riffing off of Charles Murray, has this to say about the effects of a welfare state on its citizenry: To become a source of deep satisfaction, a human activity has to meet some stringent requirements. It has to have been important (we don’t get deep satisfaction from trivial things). You have to have…
Quotes To Remember
Mark Tapson: As for Islamophobia, an “irrational fear of Islam” does not even exist; it is a trumped-up charge designed to bully us into silence and deflect criticism from the Islamists as they go about plotting terrorism and trying to shoehorn sharia law into our culture. A perfectly rational concern about the demonstrable threat of…
Intellectual Honesty
Andrew Sullivan says that conservatives are being intellectually dishonest by opposing the Democrats’ $800B spending plan because of the deficits the nation ran under the Bush administration. There’s a grain of truth in what Andrew says – both Reagan and Bush 43 were big spenders whose policies have contributed substantially to the problems our children…
A Phoenix in the Ashes
Michael at the PoliGazette has embarked on a couple of exciting opportunities in his native country of The Netherlands, one of which landed him on national TV there today. Congrats to Michael for his hard-earned and well-deserved success! Michael’s summary call to action for his countrymen is simply this: "Let’s conservatize this country!". This is…
Culture War’s End in Sight? Not Likely.
Damon Linker writes at The New Republic that it’s not beyond the pale to think that Barack Obama may be able to lead liberals to a victory in the decades-old culture war. How? By subtle, gradual conversion away from conservative positions on 3 traditional value issues: Church/State Separation, Homosexual Rights/Gay Marriage, and Abortion. Not bloody…
Liberals’ Take on Texas Science Ed Misses Wide Left
Writing about the controversy the Texas Board of Education sparked by removing a requirement to teach evolution on its merits, Steven Benen neatly summed up the left’s position in his article at the Washington Monthly. His points and my replies are below, his in plain black, mine mine in blue italics. Enjoy! At some point…
Texas Board to Block Teaching Evolution’s Shortcomings
The Houston Chronicle reports that the Texas State Board of Education has tentatively decided drop its 20-year-old requirement mandating that science teachers address both “strengths and weaknesses” of the scientific theory originated by Charles Darwin in the 19th century, capping a heated debate on the topic. In Texas, the theory of evolution now has no…