THE CENTER LANE

WHY DOES AMERICA PERSIST IN FINDING "THE SENSIBLE CENTER LANE ELUSIVE?" JONATHAN KELLERMAN, AUTHOR OF THE NOVEL, 'OBSESSION,' PUT IT WELL.

I ANSWER WITH A CONTRAST BETWEEN POLITICAL CORRECTNESS AND ACCEPTANCE OF NATURAL, HUMAN DIFFERENCES. THE EXTREME DICTATORSHIP OF LIBERALISM EMBODIES HYPOCRISY. IT FORBIDS ANY PERSON'S RIGHTS TO BE THWARTED YET THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS ARE CONTINUALLY STRIPPED AWAY BY THE LIBERAL REGULATIONS. MEANWHILE THE INSANE AND MANIACAL INHABIT OUR MIDST BECAUSE THEY CANNOT BE DISSED. COMMON SENSE, ON THE OTHER HAND, PERCEIVES THE INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE LACK THEREOF IN SOCIETY, AND DEALS WITH THESE PHENOMENA IN A RATIONAL MANNER. WHEN THE INSANE AND MANIACAL REVEAL THEMSELVES IN OUR MIDST, THEY ARE NOT DISMISSED, BUT REMOVED FROM OUR MIDST. FURTHERMORE, THEY WON'T BE MISSED.

DRIVING DOWN THE SENSIBLE CENTER LANE SEEMS SUCH AN EASY RULE OF THE ROAD. BUT AMERICA JUST KEEPS CRUISING ALONG ON THE RADICAL, DANGEROUS BERM.