Leftism seeks to undo most of the values that are distinct to Judeo-Christian religion.

The problem for the Left, however, is that the moment it stops painting the Right as vile, it has to argue the issues.

Until the Left took over American public education in the second half of the 20th century, it was generally excellent - look at the high level of eighth-grade exams from early in the 20th century and you will weep. The more money the Left has gotten for education - America now spends more per student than any country in the world - the worse the academic results. And the Left has removed God and dress codes from schools - with socially disastrous results.

Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy because our happiness has an effect on everyone around us.

We have a moral obligation to act happy even if we don't feel it

Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have.

The Obama administration will never say 'radical Islam.' Never.