And On Thursday, President Obama Seized The

The Logical Upshot Of Liberalism's Hatred Of Hypocrisy Is That It Is Better For The Liar To Champion Lying, The Glutton To Advocate Gluttony, The Adulterer To Celebrate Adultery, Than For Someone To Preach The Right Thing If He Himself Occasionally Does The Wrong Thing. Better To Let Your Failings Define You And Be Happy About It, Than To Let Your Ideals Define You But Then Fall Short Of Them, For That Opens You Up To The Charge Of Hypocrisy.

Conservatives Value Economic Liberty And Moral Security, While The Liberal Values Economic Security And Moral Liberty.

But There's A Fourth Interpretation: Obama Can't Leave His Comfort Zone. No President Since Woodrow Wilson Has Been As Enamored Of Abstract Ideas Or More Sure That Disagreement With Him Is Proof Of Ignorance, Bad Faith Or Dogmatism. As A Candidate, He Insisted His Real Opponent Was 'cynicism,' And In His Address Last Week, He Returned To This Trite Formulation, Insisting Again He Was Bravely Battling The Cynics.

Cultures Grow On The Vine Of Tradition.

The Problem With The United Nations Is That While Democracy Within Nations Is The Best Available Form Of Government, Democracy Among Nations Can Be A Moral Disaster - Especially If Some Nations Are Not Democracies.