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As I look around today at the temperament of society I find myself very disappointed and I shake my head and wonder how so many Americans became so complacent. Recently one of my favorite Talk Shows discussed something called “Change Blindness”. I thought it ironic that the word “Change” was associated with this particular, shall we call it “ailment”. Now before someone gets their knickers in a wad I want to say that this is not an “Attack Obama” piece, he chose the word “Change”, which obviously become a pivotal part in what we now see as the “Change’ he...

DARWIN'S CONSERVATIVES: THE MISGUIDED QUEST The debate over Darwinian evolution is usually framed by the newsmedia as a clash between “right” and “left.” Conservatives are presumed to be critical of Darwin’s theory, while liberals are presumed to be supportive of it. As in most cases, reality is more complicated. There always have been liberal critics of Darwin. In the early twentieth century, progressive reformer William Jennings Bryan fought for women’s suffrage, world peace—and against Darwinism. More recently, left-wing novelist Kurt Vonnegut, a self-described “secular humanist,” has called our human bodies “miracles of design” and faulted scientists for “pretending they have...

To many, some American politicians' reaction to the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corp's (CNOOC) offer to buy US-based Unocal has made clear what they have long suspected: the conservative movement in America, particularly as envisioned by its patron saint Ronald Reagan, is dead. Ironically its downfall began only after the Congress and White House came to be controlled by Republican radicals who claimed to be motivated first and foremost by a visceral hatred of liberals and everything for which they stand. First, despite rhetoric to the contrary and almost immediately upon taking power, these conservatives-in-name-only began expanding the size of...

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Republicans were dismayed to hear Ron Reagan, Jr., deliver what sounded like a rebuke to President Bush during a final tribute before his father was buried on Friday. Referring to his dad as "a deeply, unabashedly religious man," the Reagan son added, "But he never made the mistake the fatal mistake of so many politicians - wearing his faith on his sleeve to gain political advantage. . . " "He accepted [his faith] as a responsibility, not a mandate," noted the presidential son. "And there is a profound difference." Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley said there was no doubt the comments...

The wisdom of Rodney King, by itself, won't solve this problem among Conservatives. The splendid little war in Iraq brought the squabbles among hyphenated conservatives out into the open. It seems the concept of pre-emptive war is as unsettling as its location in the Middle East. The fact that the U.S. has Imperial Power is troubling for some cons. Different dash-cons disagree on the roadmap for conservative power. And we all need to get along by January 04. A longer split could spell d-e-f-e-a-t in the 2004 Presidential race. Conservatives divided on ideas, could lose to Liberals united in hatred...

Outside View: Rubbishing the Right By Peter J. Pitts From the Washington Politics & Policy Desk Published 8/17/2002 6:03 PM INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- "Not all Republicans are stupid," goes the old saw, "But most stupid people are Republicans." It wasn't true when Woodrow Wilson said it and it's not true today --- despite on-going Liberal propaganda to the contrary. Therefore "Hurrah!" for Ann Coulter and her new book "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right" in which she takes on the New American Left's continuing dishonest, disingenuous and despicable name-calling and ad hominem character assassination of any and...