The Left Has Lost The Common Touch.

Ostensibly Rigorous And Realistic, Contemporary Conservatism Is An Ideology Of Denial. Its Symbol Is A Smile Button.

The Left Dismisses Talk About The Collapse Of Family Life And Talks Instead About The Emergence Of The Growing New Diversity Of Family Types.

The Last Three Decades Have Seen The Collapse Of The Family Wage System.

The Proper Reply To Right Wing Religiosity Is Not To Insist That Politics And Religion Don't Mix. This Is The Stock Response Of The Left.

When Liberals Finally Grasped The Strength Of Popular Feeling About The Family, They Cried To Appropriate The Rhetoric And Symbolism Of Family Values For Their Own Purposes.