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come now, wouldn't a troll be a little more clumsy about his business?

No, I'm quite sincere. I have noticed, even among my fellow conservatives in the academy, a certain disdain for our studies.

everyone wants to man the barricades against p.c., but no one (with a few exceptions, of course), tries to present a coherent version of what we are fighting for. We all know what we are AGAINST, but there seems to be a real reluctance to discuss what we seek to defend and uphold.

(And abstractions like "liberty," "democracy," etc. don't cut the mustard, I'm afraid. Fine, Liberty for what, if it's liberty.

Democratic self-government? Maybe, but it depends on the demos, if you know what I mean. The mayor of Mogadishu is not a legitimate leader because of a ballot count, anymore than sharia is acceptable because a mass of savages vote for it.

What I'm getting at is this: we need to do some serious soul-searching on these and other questions if our other efforts are to succeed. Action uninformed by principle is not a slogan I wish to endorse.

What I'm getting at is this: we need to do some serious soul-searching on these and other questions if our other efforts are to succeed. Action uninformed by principle is not a slogan I wish to endorse.

1. What, in your view then, are 'our efforts'?

2. To which actions do you refer, that are uninformed by principle?

We've stated our principles. They are in the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and countless other documents. That is what we want. We don't need to contiue 'studies' after the solution is found. It only denigrates the correct solutions that have already been found.

And, by the way. Absolutes exist, slick. Refute that.

/john