Women can say anything they want to men, or blacks to whites, with impunity. But strong words in the other direction can bring down on students the wrath of the campus thought police - as well as punishments that can extend to suspension or expulsion.

If a word means everything, then in means nothing.

You have to have a sense of humor if you follow politics. Otherwise, the sheer fraudulence of it all will get you down.

Although the big word on the left is 'compassion,' the big agenda on the left is dependency.

Those who automatically say that the social pathology of the ghetto is due to poverty discrimination and the like cannot explain why such pathology was far less prevalent in the 1950s, when poverty and discrimination were worse. But there were not nearly as many grievance mongers and race hustlers then.

In liberal logic, if life is unfair then the answer is to turn more tax money over to politicians, to spend in ways that will increase their chances of getting reelected.

The political left has been weak on protecting society from criminals for more than two centuries.