February 7, 2008

Conservative Grief

By Randall Hoven
Conservatives are grieving.  If they had to identify what they are grieving over, many would probably say either the death of the Republican Party or the end of conservative influence.  I am grieving the end of the "specialness" that has been the United States.Professionals tell us the five stages of grief are:DenialAngerBargainingDepressionAcceptance.I'm almost out of my depression and arriving at acceptance.  What do I accept?  That the U.S. is just another European country now.  We are all welfare states if not outright socialist ones and our political choices are between center-left and left-left.  Time to get used to it.  Moving to France won't make much difference, whether you are Alec Baldwin or Chuck Norris.DenialIf you deny this, look at the facts.  Government in the US spent 37% of GDP in 2006. The European countries of Ireland, Switzerland and Slovakia all spent smaller fractions, as did Australia and South Korea.  The...(Read Full Article)