Thanks for the link, btw ... I'll check him out.
Smarts don't mean as much to me as integrity or "wholeness" and consistency do.
But I suspect we're simpatico on that score.
In a way we are. But you seem to make morality an all or nothing thing for inclusion in whatever movement that will start to turn back "the tide of history". That is not realistic to me. The abortion issue is a red flag for the left. But the way I read the left, even mentioning the problem will bring scorn. Seems to me a return to a semblance of morality should come first. How? Through education that is controlled at a local level. And through people like Coulter and Savage who are sowing the seeds of new ideas. I have no illusions with Bush's policies. But I would suggest that he is slowing down and may even stop the leftist movement. For instance, the medicare/drug thing in conjunction with the amnesty for illegals program could be looked at as a situation where the increase in population of tax-paying amnestied-illegals could help pay for the deficit in medicaid and social security. Of course, the whole system could go bankrupt but to try to deal with it as things presently are is political suicide. I wish I could find some of Milton Friedman's recent ideas on this subject. But I do note he is very much involved in education reform.