“The idea of a post-religious society is a fantasy, ultimately. Human beings are, by nature, religious in various ways.” WayHumansIdeasReligiousHuman BeingsFantasyVariousPosts Author:Ross Douthat
“The idea of universal human rights may not seem as weird to some people as the idea of a personal God, but it is still a metaphysical idea that liberalism, at least as we know it, couldn't really survive without.” PeopleKnowsHumansMayStillsIdeasSeemsRightsUniversalHuman RightsLiberalismMetaphysical Author:Ross Douthat
“No one doubts that pure libertarianism is simple, but that's just why it remains on the ideological fringe - because it boils down the most difficult questions in human affairs to a simple equation, a What Would the Market Do bumper sticker.” HumansDifficultSimpleDoubtPureRemainsAffairLibertarianLibertarianismEquationsFringeIdeologicalBumperStickerBumper StickerDifficult Questions Author:Ross Douthat
