liberalism

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 […]