[Melas]

I was in total agreement with most of it. However, I want to know where the hell The Left is preoccupied with health. Leftist parents are more likely to believe that it is preferable that their teenager cheat on a test than smoke. Parents on the Right are more likely to believe that it is better that their teenager smoke than cheat. came from. I 100% refute the assinine assumption that the left is more concerned with health, especially that of young people, than the right. This is the swill that the left paints the right with, so what is with this guy reaffirming that?

[Travis McGee]

Prager is talking about the left's obsession with anti-smoking laws, and so on.

[Publius6961]

I want to know where the hell The Left ...

It came from a recent national poll that concluded overwhelmingly that this was the case. Dennis did not make this up.
Indeed, it was what finally triggered his exploration of the serious divide between right and left and led to this series of essays.

And I believe it is dead on.

My personal opinion about these symptoms, the car is the biggest threat to civilization, health is paramount, the evironment uber alles is simply the "other means" for the proleteriat to assert control of society in search of the long dead new "perfect man".
If this does not sound familiar, I suggest that you educate yourself. Fast.