The Intellectual Debility Of Contemporary Conservatism Is

Liberals Subscribe To The New Flexible, Pluralistic Definition Of The Family; Their Defense Of Families Carries No Conviction.

The Best Defense Against The Terror Of Existence Are The Homely Comforts Of Love, Work, And Family Life, Which Connect Us To A World That Is Independent Of Our Wishes Yet Responsive To Our Needs.

Propaganda In The Ordinary Sense Of The Term Plays A Less Important Part In A Consumer Society, Where People Greet All Official Pronouncements With Suspicion.

The Attempt To Redefine The Family As A Purely Voluntary Arrangement Grows Out Of The Modern Delusion That People Can Keep All Their Options Open All The Time.

We Do Not Need To Minimize The Poverty Of The Ghetto Or The Suffering Inflicted By Whites On Blacks In Order To See That The Increasingly Dangerous And Unpredictable Conditions Of Middle-class Life Have Given Rise To Similar Strategies For Survival. Indeed The Attraction Of Black Culture For Disaffected Whites Suggests That Black Culture Now Speaks To A General Condition.