liberalism

A Dollar a Day (adds up way faster than you think)

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

While we’re on the subject of healthcare and failing government policies, take note of this brilliant idea.
Is it just me, or is everything wrong with using taxpayers’ money to fund this program? Since when does the government subsidize morality? Oh, wait, it’s not morality, abstinence is not required! Plus it’s totally discriminatory, because unless you […]

Conservatives happier than liberals

Monday, May 12th, 2008

A new study has found that conservatives tend to be happier than liberals.
An excerpt from the Live Science article:
Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance, right-wing individuals reported greater life satisfaction and well-being than left-wingers, the new study found.

Do as I say, not as I do

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Its the Kennedy way. Its the liberal way.

Homeless for a night

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

A homeless advocacy group is challenging all Democrat Presidential candidates to sleep on the streets for one night in order to bring to their attention just how the other half lives…
[a] challenge laid down this month by the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH), a non-profit advocacy organization, to all of the announced candidates in […]

The Inverse Relationship between Fiscal Responsibility and Socialism

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

Yesterday I wrote a post about the philosophies on human nature underlying the conservative and liberal political ideologies.
Liberals believe that the exercise of Western-styled freedom through political rights misconstrues human nature in a way that makes man self-interested. In order to correct the misconstruing of man’s nature, liberals seek to remove what […]

A discussion with mom….

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

I was talking to my mother today about the duty, in my view, of conservatives and Republicans to give to charity. If we don’t advocate a government solution to the problems charities serve, then we must bear that burden ourselves. Societal needs, when not bore by the community must be borne by its […]

Unsustainable government…

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

From Robert Samuelson’s article, When Silence Isn’t Golden:
Consider the outlook. From 2005 to 2030, the 65-and-over population will nearly double to 71 million; its share of the population will rise to 20 percent from 12 percent. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid—programs that serve older people—already exceed 40 percent of the $2.7 trillion federal budget. By […]