Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language.

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Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of...

Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of...

The reporting of news has to be understood as propaganda for commodities, and events by...

The reporting of news has to be understood as propaganda for commodities, and events by...

The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family...

The left sees nothing but bigotry and superstition in the popular defense of the family...

Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us...

Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us...

It is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in...

It is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in...

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect...

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect...

Most people no longer live in nuclear families at all.

Most people no longer live in nuclear families at all.

News represents another form of advertising, not liberal propaganda.

News represents another form of advertising, not liberal propaganda.

The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to...

The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to...

The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as...

The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as...

Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is...

Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is...

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...

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...

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

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

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with...

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with...

Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want...

Neoclassical economics insists that advertising cannot force consumers to buy anything they don't already want...

Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.

Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.

Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.

Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the...

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the...

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the...

The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the...