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Politicians with genuine beliefs are a powerful antidote to the Blair and Clinton years of spin and triangulation.
Politicians don’t always have to change laws or spend money to achieve their goals. Sometimes their ability to influence the national conversation can trigger cultural and social progress.
Every civilised society ultimately depends upon the character and virtue of its citizenry.
The fact that cultural and regulatory institutions are often outpaced by technological change.
The tendency of extremist liberals to demonise conservative attitudes towards sensitive moral issues.
The dangerous tendency of insulated groups to make terrible decisions.
A diverse number of free citizens will make better economic and political decisions than a small number of ‘experts’.
Michael Moore, MoveOn.org and other media monsters have pushed America’s Democrats to left-of-centre extremes.
The balkanisation of the media industry into many competing – and often niche - suppliers.
The BBC in Britain and CBS in America epitomise the left-liberal bias of the established media.
The tendency of our novelty-obsessed, 24 hours-a-day society to over-interpret – and therefore over-react to – news events.
Politicisation describes the tendency of the Left (and the Right) to over-emphasise political solutions to diverse challenges.
Economics only has a supporting role within the Hollywood studios. Tinseltown’s top-of-the-bill motivation is to attack the values that underpin civilisation.
The tendency of the media establishment to ask questions that pivot the national conversation towards the liberal left.
Some commentators believe that Britain’s journalists are as powerful – and sometimes as dangerous – as the ‘Red Robbo’ union barons of the 1960s and ‘70s.
Real people – used by politicians to humanise a political argument – have been nicknamed skutnicks.
Winning a debate can depend upon how it is ‘framed’ - as much as by its substantial ingredients.
Backing from an influential and trusted profession, charity or celebrity can greatly increase public support for a political pitch.
Public figures ‘triangulate’ to position themselves as the 'moderate middle' in a debate between two sets of antagonists.
Anecdotes can bring arguments alive but they’re not the basis for sound policies.
The BBC, the Liberal Democrats and the NSPCC may look and sound moderate but their agenda can be anything but.
Strong civilisations will protect vulnerable members of society and provide freedom for every citizen to fulfil their potential.
Rupert Murdoch's Fox News channel - and the high profile it gives to conservative worldviews - has shaken America's old media monopoly.
A sentimental person or society will ignore the claims of reason and tradition and will be overwhelmed by the power of emotion.
Public figures reach a less partisan audience when they appear on daytime tv and face more unpredictable lines of questioning.