The Philosophy of the Report

As regards my political philosophy, I must confess, with some reluctance, to being conservative.

I say "with some reluctance" because what is today called conservatism seems, to me, to have traded its inheritance for a mess of pottage, and "conservative" is generally another way to say "GOP supporter."

I do not support the GOP. In my evaluation, the Republican Party is to a slight degree less hostile to, and less destructive of, what I regard as traditional America, and traditional American values, than the Democratic Party, but it is a close call. To my mind, both parties are bought and paid for shills of corporatist America (sometimes bought and paid for by the same companies).

I am an unapologetic nationalist. I rather like President Eisenhower's comment, "I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?"

I believe in a strong national defense, while thinking that America has become over-militarized, and bemoaning that conservatives of today have turned their backs on John Quincy Adams' declaration that America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.

I am a nativist. I was born into a country that was 87% white, 12% black, with a statistically insignificant sprinkling of other races. For the life of me, I cannot see what was so terribly, horribly wrong with that. (Per the US Government, Hispanics in 1970 were approximately 5% of the population, lumped under the white population.)

I have tremendous respect for various other peoples of the world, for varying reasons and in varying amounts. I admire the Afghans for their vicious hillbilly resistance to change, I admire the Persians for their poetry and their carpets, I admire the Jews for their long history and ability, I admire the French for their courtliness, I admire the Italians for their long history of art, I admire the Swedes and the Finns and the Turks and the Basque---and I see no compelling need to admit vast numbers of any of those peoples into the United States.

I believe that all men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, but do not believe that all men are created equal in talent, or ability, or virtue. I do not believe that the equality of man means, guarantees, implies or indeed is connected to any equality of outcome.

I suppose, depending upon the definition used, that I am a racist. I believe, that is, that there are various races, and that both physical and mental abilities and development vary among such races, and, indeed, among smaller populations which could perhaps be referred to as sub-races. I am, in American terms, white, and with more specificity Anglo-Celtic with a dash of German. I am quite proud of what my forefathers did.

I am a fairly unapologetic Christian. I find my faith comforting in many ways, and uncomfortable in others. Christianity forms the basis of my ethics, and imposes responsibilities upon me that I might happily ignore were I an atheist. Being Christian no more causes me to hate those who profess a different religion than being white causes me to hate those of different races.

I am reluctant to endorse any radical new solutions; having seen the havoc wrought upon the stability and prosperity of my country by various radical new solutions over the past half century. Among the radical new innovations adopted by the United States, which I believe have exerted a radically deleterious effect upon the country, I number no-fault divorce, women's lib, disproportionate impact and the radical expansion of criminal's rights and, most recently, the very new innovation referred to as homosexual marriage.

I believe that men and women are different, and complementary. I believe that children are best raised by a husband and wife who are father and mother to the child.

I do not believe in the perfectibility of man.

I believe in the importance of the environment, and wise use of the bounties of this earth.

In short, the political philosophy of this Report is frequently, if not always, diametrically opposed to current philosophical fads.