I have always thought it sad that conservatives let liberalism get away. I’m referring of course to the term, not the political ideology that hijacked it. The etymological root of the word is simply Latin for “free.” Yet the liberal ideology primarily aims to enslave people - first to their own passions, then to rulers who dominate them by manipulating their passions. Except that it encourages dictatorial politicians to be free with other people’s money, liberalism isn’t free at all. In fact, the cost of funding the bloated government budgets it requires leads rapidly to national bankruptcy.

With the Obama faction determined to push us over the edge into full-blown totalitarian socialism, the liberal label now offers the wrong kind of camouflage. For the Obama faction, politics is all about being taken care of. They don’t want to remind people, even covertly, that in America it once had something to do with being free. Since outright socialism is still a hard sell in many quarters, the preferred euphemism seems to be “progressive.” The term has positive mojo derived from its association with advances in science and technology that have produced positive changes in everyday life. Of course, like its kissing cousin, “change,” it evokes positive feelings while remaining utterly devoid of content. Progress implies forward motion. But in politics as in outer space, you can’t know what takes you forward until you know where forward takes you. Full Piece