Ideologies, however appealing, cannot shape the whole structure of perceptions and conduct unless they are embedded in daily experiences that confirm them.

Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order.

Most people no longer live in nuclear families at all.

The family is a haven in a heartless world.

Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want to buy.

The best defense against the terror of existence are the homely comforts of love, work, and family life, which connect us to a world that is independent of our wishes yet responsive to our needs.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.