Progress in general seems to hold little interest for people who call themselves 'progressives.' What arouses them are denunciations of social failures and accusations of wrong-doing.

If you want to get each individual's honest opinion, you don't want that opinion to be influenced by others who are present, much less allow a group to coordinate what they are going to say.

The desire to order other people around and make them conform to one own's vision takes many forms.

History is the memory of a nation

The economic disasters of socialism and communism come from assuming a blanket superiority of those who want to run a whole economy.

It doesnt matter what you do if you dont do what matters. If you do what matters it doesnt matter what you do.

Life does not ask what we want. It presents us with options