POLITICS: "Conservative Democracy"

"There are prominent scholars and public figures who are convinced that “things are getting better” in almost every way. As for me, I find it difficult not to see the Western nations disintegrating ­before our eyes. The most significant institutions that have characterized America and Britain for the last five centuries, giving these countries their internal ­coherence and stability—the Bible, public religion, the independent national state, and the traditional family—are not merely under assault. They have been, at least since World War II, in precipitous ­decline.

"In the United States, for example, some 40 percent of children are today born outside of marriage. The overall fertility rate has fallen to 1.76 children per woman. American children for the most part receive twelve years of public schooling that is scrubbed clean of God and Scripture. And it is now possible to lose one’s livelihood or even to be prosecuted for maintaining traditional Christian or Jewish views on various subjects."

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2018-12-14  [P-B]

POLITICS: "The Dishonesty of George H. W. Bush"

"Trump disregarded the first principle of voter manipulation. He did not pander to the Republican base in the primaries and then tack to the middle in the general election. His themes, rhetoric, and pugilistic style remained constant. He ignored the playbook recommended after the 2012 election, which advised accepting multicultural rules of politics set by the left. On the contrary, his campaign was punctuated by violations of political correctness that raised constant uproar—as is his presidency. There seems to be no deception. What we saw is what we are getting."

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2018-12-09  [P-B]