In crude Marxist terms, liberals have a theory of infallible government that is constantly at war with the reality of life.

Christian socialism”). This is a difficult concept for modern liberals to grasp because they are used to thinking of the progressives as the people who cleaned up the food supply, pushed through the eight hour workday, and ended child labor. But liberals often forget that the progressives were imperialists, at home and abroad. They were the authors of Prohibition, the Palmer Raids, eugenics, loyalty oaths, and, in its modern incarnation, what many call “state capitalism.

The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a moral disaster - especially if some nations are not democracies.

I would also say Barack Obama has spent much, much, much, much more money than the Republicans.

Pragmatism is the disguise progressive and other ideologues do when they want to demonize competing ideologies.

...associational ad hominem attacks remain the left's favorite rhetorical strategy for undermining opponents.

Facts are mere speed bumps on the road to lefty moral outrage.