The left has lost the common touch.

Quote by Christopher Lasch

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The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides...

The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides...

A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the...

A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the...

A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some...

A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some...

Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its...

Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its...

Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a...

Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a...

Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality...

Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality...

A society that has made ostalgia a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates...

A society that has made ostalgia a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates...

Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional...

Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional...

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.

Ideologies, however appealing, cannot shape the whole structure of perceptions and conduct unless they are...

Ideologies, however appealing, cannot shape the whole structure of perceptions and conduct unless they are...

The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the...

The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the...

The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a...

The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a...

News represents another form of advertising, not liberal propaganda.

News represents another form of advertising, not liberal propaganda.

Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass...

Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass...

Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature...

Conservatives sense a link between television and drugs, but they do not grasp the nature...

When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to...

When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to...

George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can...

George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can...

Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they...

Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they...

Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate...

Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate...

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.