To deny that human beings are filled with anti-social passions betrays a denial of reality and a lack of self-awareness. One has to be taught nonsense for a great many formative years to believe it.

In a lifetime of observing and participating in political debate, I have seen a lot of meanness.

In attempting to understand 9/11, the first question asked by the world's elites - as exemplified by leading media and academics - was, 'What did America do to provoke such hatred?' Ten years later, the same people are still asking the same question. And it is as morally repulsive now as it was then. It was always on par with 'What did the Jews do to antagonize the Germans? Or 'What did blacks do to enrage lynch mobs?'

Those indoctrinated by leftist thinking become largely incapable of making accurate moral judgments.

Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family.

Most people who call themselves conservatives can't explain the American value system.

Of all the characteristics needed for both a happy and morally decent life, none surpasses gratitude. Grateful people are happier, and grateful people are more morally decent.