The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

Social Engineering - The art of replacing what works with what sounds good.

People used to complain about 'the idle rich.' But the idle rich did not do the kind of harm being done by today's busybody rich, who feed their own egos by bankrolling political crusades on the left which hurt the very people that the left claims to care about -- working people, minorities, and children.

The promotion of "self-esteem" in our schools has been so successful that people feel free to spout off about all sorts of things - and see no reason why their opinions should not be taken as seriously as the views of people who actually know what they are talking about.

Although I am ready to defend what I have said, many people expect me to defend what others have attributed to me.

How you treat the helpless is the real test of morality. Lots of people are flunking that test big time.

Politicians are forever coming up with 'solutions' to virtually every imaginable imperfection in life. But, if we give them more power and more of our money, we are very unlikely to end up better off on net balance.