I recall asking the late eminent liberal historian Arthur Schlesinger, in a public forum in Los Angeles in the late 1970s, if he would say that America was, all things considered, a better, i.e., more moral, society than Soviet society. He said he would not.

Whenever possible, the left and the Democrats have de-stigmatized irresponsible behavior.

You owe others a happy disposition

It is sometimes rational to do what is wrong, and sometimes irrational to do what is right

Most blacks want school vouchers, but most liberals vehemently oppose them. Why? Because what is good for teachers' unions is of more importance to the Left than what is good for blacks. Who, then, is racist? By their own admission, and by the policies they pursue, the answer is the people who call themselves progressive.

There is no happiness that isn't earned

The words 'I'm sorry' are so powerful that it's almost difficult to overstate