Free Republic

It is difficult to define a whole school of political ideology precisely, but one may reasonably define liberalism (as opposed to conservatism) in the contemporary United States as the genuine concern for the welfare of genetically unrelated others and the willingness to contribute larger proportions of private resources for the welfare of such others. In the modern political and economic context, this willingness usually translates into paying higher proportions of individual incomes in taxes toward the government and its social welfare programs. Liberals usually support such social welfare programs and higher taxes to finance them, and conservatives usually oppose them....

Why blokes like blondes Men like Barbie-doll blondes, beautiful people have more daughters and a mid-life crisis is not about a man getting old – it's about his wife getting old. If your blood is already boiling, perhaps a new book by former Canterbury psychology professor Satoshi Kanazawa is not for you. Kanazawa and colleague Alan Miller will publish a book in September called Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters. The authors billed their book on the Psychology Today website as "Ten politically incorrect truths about human nature". The book contains justifications for other gems such as "Most women benefit...