Road to the Middle Class

Liberals are good people. But liberalism is cruel, corrupt, unjust, wasteful, and deluded. The readings below witness to the day-to-day working out of this truth.

“deluded” items

Locking up Criminals

Theodore Dalrymple argues that the effect of liberal sentimentality "is to confer on an immense number of oneâ€™s fellow beings the status of objects."

“unjust” items

Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege

Sen. James Webb (D-VA) explodes the liberal narrative.

Understanding Illegitimacy

in 2008, 40.6 percent of children were born outside marriage, and liberals don't seem to mind.

Brit boys turning to gangs

Abandoned by their parents, betrayed by schools, young boys are now turning to criminal gangs for protection and a sense of belonging. by Harriet Sergeant

Feral youths in Britain

How a generation of violent, illiterate young men are living outside the boundaries of civilised society by Harriet Sergeant

Black Conservatives Hold Protest at NAACP Over Ken Gladney Attack

Healthcare and race. Only it's the left that's attacking blacks.

You'll lose 5 key freedoms under Obama's health care plan

here's what we'll lose: choose what's in your plan; reward for healthy living; high deductible; keep existing plan; choose your doctor

“cruel” items

Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege

Sen. James Webb (D-VA) explodes the liberal narrative.

Public employment destroys private sector jobs

"on average, the creation of 100 public jobs eliminated about 150 private-sector jobs, decreased overall labor-market participation slightly, and increased by about 33 the number of unemployed workers."

Understanding Illegitimacy

in 2008, 40.6 percent of children were born outside marriage, and liberals don't seem to mind.

Brit boys turning to gangs

Abandoned by their parents, betrayed by schools, young boys are now turning to criminal gangs for protection and a sense of belonging. by Harriet Sergeant

Machetes by the door, drugs on the table

- and mothers paid by the state to have babies with men they barely know. What HAVE we done to the British family? by Harriet Sergeant

Feral youths in Britain

How a generation of violent, illiterate young men are living outside the boundaries of civilised society by Harriet Sergeant

A Deck Stacked With Race Cards

Hey! Fish gotta swim. Liberals gotta accuse everyone of racism.,

Black Conservatives Hold Protest at NAACP Over Ken Gladney Attack

Healthcare and race. Only it's the left that's attacking blacks.

Skip Gates and Obama Play Race Card

Shelby Steele calls out the demons in powerful black men.

You'll lose 5 key freedoms under Obama's health care plan

here's what we'll lose: choose what's in your plan; reward for healthy living; high deductible; keep existing plan; choose your doctor

GovernmentCare's Assault on Seniors

reducing costs by "limiting care based on the patient's age" and pressuring elderly to end life prematurely.

“corrupt” items

The Liberal Dilemma

according to Daniel Henninger some liberals are waking up to the truth that their programs are threatened by public employee pension obligations.

Insatiable Liberalism

Fred Siegel: how liberals went from "the possibilities of perfectibility" to "patronage and entitlements."

Gucci Gulch and the Tax System

in 1986 Ronald Reagan held Congress's feet to the fire to pass tax simplification. In 2010, hedgies are getting a free pass; they contribute to Democrats

“wasteful” items

Public employment destroys private sector jobs

Machetes by the door, drugs on the table

- and mothers paid by the state to have babies with men they barely know. What HAVE we done to the British family? by Harriet Sergeant

TAGS

Chappies

“But I saw a man yesterday who knows a fellow who had it from a chappie that said that Urquhart had been dipping himself a bit recklessly off the deep end.” —Freddy Arbuthnot
Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison

Civil Society

“Civil Society”—a complex welter of intermediate institutions, including businesses, voluntary associations, educational institutions, clubs, unions, media, charities, and churches—builds, in turn, on the family, the primary instrument by which people are socialized into their culture and given the skills that allow them to live in broader society and through which the values and knowledge of that society are transmitted across the generations.
Francis Fukuyama, Trust

Hugo on Genius

“Tear down theory, poetic systems… No more rules, no more models… Genius conjures up rather than learns… ” —Victor Hugo
César Graña, Bohemian versus Bourgeois

Education

“We have met with families in which for weeks together, not an article of sustenance but potatoes had been used; yet for every child the hard-earned sum was provided to send them to school.”
E. G. West, Education and the State

Faith & Purpose

“When we began first to preach these things, the people appeared as awakened from the sleep of ages—they seemed to see for the first time that they were responsible beings...”
Finke, Stark, The Churching of America, 1776-1990

Conversion

“When we received Christ,” Phil added, “all of a sudden we now had a rule book to go by, and when we had problems the preacher was right there to give us the answers.”
James M. Ault, Jr., Spirit and Flesh

Postmodernism

A writer who says that there are no truths, or that all truth is ’merely relative’, is asking you not to believe him. So don’t.
Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy

Faith and Politics

As far as the Catholic Church is concerned, the principal focus of her interventions in the public arena is the protection and promotion of the dignity of the person, and she is thereby consciously drawing particular attention to principles which are not negotiable... [1.] protection of life in all its stages, from the first moment of conception until natural death; [2.] recognition and promotion of the natural structure of the family... [3.] the protection of the right of parents to educate their children.
Pope Benedict XVI, Speech to European Peoples Party, 2006

China and Christianity

At first, we thought [the power of the West] was because you had more powerful guns than we had. Then we thought it was because you had the best political system. Next we focused on your economic system. But in the past twenty years, we have realized that the heart of your culture is your religion: Christianity.
David Aikman, Jesus in Beijing

Religion, Property, and Family

But the only religions that have survived are those which support property and the family. Thus the outlook for communism, which is both anti-property and anti-family, (and also anti-religion), is not promising.
F.A. Hayek, The Fatal Conceit