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.

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The left has lost the common touch.

The left has lost the common touch.

The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the...

The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the...

Most of these alternative arrangements, so-called, arise out of the ruins of marriages, not as...

Most of these alternative arrangements, so-called, arise out of the ruins of marriages, not as...

Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.

Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.

Information, usually seen as the precondition of debate, is better understood as its by-product.

Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with...

Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse 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...

The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from...

The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from...

The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of...

The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of...

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.

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a...

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a...

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...

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...

Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families...

Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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...