We Demand Too Much Of Life, Too

A Society That Has Made 'nostalgia' A Marketable Commodity On The Cultural Exchange Quickly Repudiates The Suggestion That Life In The Past Was In Any Important Way Better Than Life Today.

The Left Has Lost Touch With Popular Opinion, Thereby Making It Possible For The Right To Present Itself As The Party Of Common Sense.

It Is A Tribute To The Peculiar Horror Of Contemporary Life That It Makes The Worst Features Of Earlier Times -- The Stupefaction Of The Masses, The Obsessed And Driven Lives Of The Bourgeoisie -- Seem Attractive By Comparison.

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.

Conservatives Unwittingly Side With The Social Forces That Contribute To The Destruction Of Traditional Values.