One of the primary critiques of religion popular among New Atheists and secularists generally is that it is arrogant and close-minded for any group to claim a monopoly on Truth. The idea that a divine creator had a plan and ordered things a certain way, that he (or she, or it) revealed the Truth to an elect group and that all mankind will be judged by how closely they aligned their lives with the Truth… nothing could be more offensive to the secular progressive worldview. On the contrary, secular progressives claim the mantle of open-mindedness and tolerance.

Power is not merely a tool used to achieve an objective, but a self-serving force that seeks first and foremost to aggrandize itself. Power seeks above all else, more power for its own sake. This maxim has been true in all times and in all places but has been allowed to flourish with particular vigor, suggests French philospher Bertrand de Jouvenel, under the mantle of democratic liberalism.

Why are so many people are willing to place their faith in government, over and over again, despite mountains of historical evidence demonstrating that government tends to become more inefficient, corrupt, and oppressive the more powerful it becomes?

The world has experienced many dramatic changes in the past 30 years that have impacted men and women alike. Many of these changes have undoubtedly been for the better, especially when one considers the great strides made in civil rights for minority groups and women. But just as every dark cloud has a silver lining; it seems the converse may also be true.

In the 30 years since the Supreme Court legalized abortion, abortion has evolved from a highly controversial social taboo to a celebrated pillar of the progressive feminist agenda. Recently, an attempt has been made to dissect the inevitable ethical quandary created by health care practitioners who attempt to simultaneously embrace a woman’s right to abortion while advocating proper prenatal maternal responsibilities in cases of wanted pregnancies.

Society today, for all our global connectedness, is actually much less social than our predecessors, at least in the traditional sense of the word. As hard as it may be for some of us to believe, there was a time not so long ago when accomplishing the tasks of daily life required extensive interaction with other people in the community.

According to pervading political stereotypes, Progressives are the group concerned with and committed to the betterment of the “common man” while Conservatives are characterized by a parochial desire to preserve the institutions and traditions that have served the interests of the white majority for the last few centuries. This is the narrative being promulgated by the gatekeepers of American political and pop culture, and these are the assumptions informing the attitudes and beliefs of students at America’s most elite institutions of higher learning.

Occupy Wall Street activist and “independent journalist” Jesse Myerson recently made waves when he penned a piece for Rolling Stone in which he laid out five major policy priorities that Millennials should be fighting for, including such novel concepts as “guaranteed work for everybody,” and “take back the land.” Perhaps the best indicator of the sheer lunacy of his proposals is the fact that many readers initially assumed that his article was satirical in nature.