Perfecting Man, the Impossible Dream
by 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 …
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 …
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. …
Liberalism / Society / World
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Abortion / Conservatism / Liberalism / Politics / Religion
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 …
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 …
Education / Evolution / Law / Liberalism / Science
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 …