Conventional wisdom holds that the public disproportionately blames Republicans for government shutdowns. The disproportionate election of Republicans to the U.S. Senate following the Republican-led shutdown of 2013 should have put that canard to rest.

Disbelief in the consequences of wrongdoing has coarsened our society and alienated us one from another.

Fear of death and idolatry of youth have prompted vain neurotics to spend ever-greater fortunes on cosmetic products and surgeries to stave off age just a little while longer.

Conservative merchandise tends to aim at a point from a place of humor and exuberance, from Trumpy Bear to the 'Make American Great Again' hats to my own bestselling blank book 'Reasons To Vote For Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide.'

Criminal justice reformers prattle on about 'over-incarceration' in America when in fact our nation suffers from an under-incarceration problem.

Either men cannot be women or there is not such thing as a woman.

The Left can have transgenderism or feminism, but it can't have both.

The American healthcare system is the worst form of healthcare other than all the other systems that have been tried.

Socialism ruins societies because it misunderstands human nature.

In medicine as well as politics, one cannot permit the cure to be worse than the disease.

Public crises, particularly those concerning life and death, offer demagogues ample opportunity to amass more power.

Conservatives who defend libertinism as liberty misunderstand what our Founding Fathers meant. We all love freedom. But freedom has a higher purpose, as should conservatives.

Liberty plays an important role in justice, and there can be no justice without liberty, which is the power to do what one wills. But government exists first and foremost for the purpose of justice, which inclines the will to give each and all their due.

The conservative vision regards politics more as a matter of gratitude than entitlement - duty over rights. We have inherited so much: a wonderful country, a culture of freedom and abundance, even our life itself, earned through no effort of our own but bequeathed as a gift from our forefathers.

Politics might be religion for the Left, but conservatives understand there is more to life than politics.

Marriage is not for everyone.

In 'Jesus Is King,' Kanye is free.

Freedom is a choice. The grace of God abounds, and man is nonetheless free.

The Left wields blackface as a political cudgel, feigning offense and making excuses according to political convenience. Conservatives need not embrace the same cynical and vindictive tactics. We would prefer to live in a society marked by grace and civility rather than one marked by petty opportunism and cancel culture.

All people of goodwill object to racial hatred. But no one cares that Billy Crystal darkened his skin to portray Sammy Davis Jr.

No one actually cares about blackface.

Some people bear great burdens with grace; others suffer minor inconveniences in misery.

Death, disease, and divorce affect wealthy suburbs as well as the inner city.

Many of the environmental rules not only fail to protect the natural environment, they actually increase the damage.