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The West Is Dying of Natural Causes

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Jonah Goldberg, a well known “conservative” on National Review and Fox, is out with a book claiming that liberal western democracy is under assault by the forces of tribalism, nationalism and populism. He is blaming forces on the far-left and right. I think he totally misses the point. Conservatism is essentially liberal, a term the far-left has coopted. I would argue that it is largely under assault by leftism, socialism and big-government statism. The problem is that with great advances has come the rise of secularism and an erosion of morality. These things are intrinsically part of leftism. There is no longer a sense of right and wrong, there is a rise of moral relativism, and a feeling that people can “do what ever they want”. When things don’t work out there is a backlash against the system and opposing groups.

http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/14/west-isnt-committing-suicide-dying-natural-causes/

 

Those Most Concerned About “Climate Change” Least Likely to Take Action

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Typical of leftists. Make other bear the brunt. Or even better, have government force people to take action. But individual responsibility? Forget it. This is just like charity, where study after study has shown that people who lean conservative are far more charitable than those on the left, who expect government to do everything.

The discussion of “moral licensing” is fascinating and seems to be very similar to “virtue signaling”. In the mind of the leftist, if I support the right causes and think the right thoughts I can do what I want because I am “morally superior”.

https://hotair.com/archives/2018/05/05/study-concerned-climate-change-least-likely-take-individual-action/

 

 

Progressive Activist SJW Feminist New York AG Beats Women

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Background: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was a rising Democrat star, rumored to be a future front-runner for the NY Governor and possibly a future presidential candidate. His career is now in ruins – couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. This is a man who saw himself as a crusader against all things Trump, filing suits against numerous Trump policies over things where I claim he had no jurisdiction. This is a man who threatened oil companies and their executives over so-called “climate change”. Pick a progressive cause and he was at the center of it. He held himself out to be a defender of women and a leader in the “MeToo” movement. Well, instead of fighting FOR women he apparently likes to simply FIGHT women. Four have come forward documenting his domestic abuse and more are certain to follow.

I always thought this guy was a power-mad scumbag and now we know it is true. Add “hypocrite of the year” to his title now.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/08/schneiderman-hypocrisy-leads-to-downfall-taunting-from-republican-foes.html

Kudos to Ronan Farrow for first taking down Harvey Weinstein and now this rat. Farrow may be the only honest leftist (or maybe we can call him a liberal) on the planet. What he is doing shows a lot of guts. Dozens of people have been covering for these powerful progressives.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/four-women-accuse-new-yorks-attorney-general-of-physical-abuse

 

The War On Wisdom

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More from Dennis Prager. A good follow up to his “fear of the left” piece. Besides a war on society, culture and language, the left is waging war on wisdom literally making our country dumber and less sensical. Some of it is simply silly, but much of it is very dangerous. Leftists do not want people to think, they want them to emote. They want a bunch of senseless drones who march in lock-step with leftist ideology. This is what has become of the Democrat party.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/war-on-wisdom-venerating-feelings-over-truth/

 

American Higher Education In Crisis State

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It is no secret that a majority of US colleges and universities have been overrun by leftist professors and administrators in recent decades, and that they have changed these institutions for the worse (unless you are a socialist or like Antifa). It is also no secret that college costs are ever inflating to the point that many question the value of a higher education. What is not as well known is that students are not learning anything. Studies show that proficiency rates for college grads are dropping across disciplines and that students spend more time playing than learning. Colleges have spent billions on luxury dorms, social halls and athletic facilities to the point that they have become country clubs, or for many of today’s thumb-sucking snowflakes, expensive playpens.

Most public institutions are infected with leftists as are many of the formerly “top” private liberal arts schools, like the entire Ivy League. These schools have no interest in teaching their students HOW to think, they are only interested in teaching them WHAT to think. This is called indoctrination. Out are traditional studies in the humanities and hard sciences, in are worthless programs in women’s, gender, and race studies. As a result students graduate with worthless degrees and heavily indebted.

This is a national crisis. If you want to get your child a high-quality education I would avoid state schools and the “well known” liberal arts schools like the plague. Look instead to top conservative schools like Hillsdale, Liberty or St Johns NM. Here is a list of some top conservative institutions:

https://thebestschools.org/rankings/20-best-conservative-colleges-america/

Another place to look is schools with a strong faith-based orientation, like Catholic U, Ave Maria, Hope College or BYU. If you are interested in the hard sciences, look at schools like MIT, Cal Tech, Rice, University of Chicago, the Naval and Air Force Academies, Carnegie Mellon and the like.

Tucker Carlson had an excellent piece the other night on the sad state of higher education. This is well worth the watch:

http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/04/26/tucker-carlson-college-worth-it-costs-rising-courses-getting-easier

Alfie Evans Puts A Human Face On The Monstrosity That Is Socialism

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And socialized medicine. This is socialism in all its hideous glory folks. People, other than the political elites, are just numbers often not worth saving or caring for. Even worse, this poor child is a prisoner within the country and hospital. Soulless, evil bureaucrats what him to die. The cannot let him leave even though it costs them NOTHING because if he was somehow miraculously cured in Italy, the British people would see what a sham and a disgrace their medical system and country have become, and would begin voting with their feet. Evil government hacks would rather have blood on their hands then lose face. This IS socialized medicine folks. Do not ever allow it here.

https://www.redstate.com/kiradavis/2018/04/25/real-reason-britain-wont-release-alfie-evans-italy/