The standing joke about a liberal is… “A liberal is somebody who is so open-minded that he won’t take his own side in a fight.” And so it is proving.  The only problem with Obama being unable to take his own side in a fight is that it is our side as well.  And the rest of us are not ready to go gentle – and take our families – into that beheading good night. What’s going on?  Liberalism is the philosophy of giving away that which has been built by its forebears.  To liberals, defending themselves, their society, their institutions, their customs, their culture is anathema because that would offend the attacker!  And they can’t have that!  Not giving offense is liberalism’s highest value. The people who built and/or are a part of what is being attacked don’t count.  Their sacrifice, their achievement in having created what is being attacked make them privileged in the liberal...(Read Full Post)