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

The GOP needs to figure out a way to become more appealing to new constituencies.

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.

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

Of course, it's a mystery to me why any American who can't be bothered to pay attention to politics unless Pamela Anderson is discussing it should be welcome in that conversation.

If we say that anyone who 'moralizes' must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize.

We are a species that must try to impose and find systems - systems of thought, ways of organizing and categorizing reality.