Christian Realism

The subtitle of this one is ‘Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy’ and is an expose of significant liberal/left figures, showing how what they preach is in direct conflict with how they live their lives. This one stands out from others in that the author (Peter Schweizer) doesn’t pretend that conservatives are immune from behavior that is contradictory to their position. (For conservatives, it often amounts to failure to live up to the moral standards that they espouse. How many conservatives are on their second, third, or fourth wife?) Schweitzer’s point is not that it is only the liberals that are hypocrites — we all are hypocrites. Rather, the problem with liberal hypocrisy is that the liberal hypocrites are acting in direct contradiction of their ideas. Take the estate tax as one example: liberals, time after time, preach that the estate tax benefits only the rich and should be kept because the rich should support the poor through this tax. However, many rich liberals have found ways to get out of the tax (by creating trusts, etc.) Schweitzer’s point is not that they’re doing this, but that they’re doing this in contradiction to what they preach: it’s other people who should pay the tax, etc.