Dear CM,

You’re approach is very kind and gentle, which is much appreciated.  However, I think there’s something you’re not considering.

First, I’m a social critic; thus, my role is to level criticism.  Second and more importantly, I have sometimes offered solutions explicitly and, when I don’t, they’re usually implied. 

For instance, in "Immigration: Solutions, Not Excuses," I provide a multi-step, common sense plan designed to eliminate the invaders from our nation, something the politicians and mainstream media types say can’t be done.  In "The Defense Against Tyranny Amendment," I propose a simple solution to the problem of burgeoning laws that rob us of freedom.   And there are other pieces as well.

But, in the least, solutions are implied.  If I warn of the effects of using politically correct speech, as I did in "Speaking Out of the Left Sides of Our Mouths," the obvious solution is to use traditional terms instead.  If I warn of the perils of violating the Constitution and appointing judges who view it as a "living document," as I did in "Judging Judges: The Supreme Court Tutorial," the obvious solution is to elect politicians who will appoint judges with a hold on sanity.  (Would you like $70 terminology?  OK, constructionist jurists, as opposed to relativistic, nominalistic, intellectually vacuous Black Robes who think they can pull rulings out of thin air.)  If I warn about the dangers of rallying the "idiot vote," as I did in "Get Out the Dopes Drives," the obvious solution is to avoid encouraging the ill-informed to vote.

There’s something even more significant, however.  I present arguments, and arguments are solutions.  Why?  Because if we can’t prevail in the culture war, the political war will be lost as a natural consequence.  And you win the culture war by prevailing in the debates of the day.

Thus, one of my main goals has always been, and always will be, to demonstrate how these arguments can be won.  In "The Space Alien’s View of the Separation of Church and State," I put forth a completely unique argument that will allow you to win the debate this relates to every time.  In "A.D., B.C., Not P.C.," I explain how you can refute the notion that we have to denude the cultural landscape of our Christian traditions because they’re "reflective of a certain perspective."  In "Are Christians Hypocrites?" I explain how you can refute the claim that Christians are uniquely hypocritical.

Our main goal should always be to speak the Truth.  If good people know the Truth, they will, in general, come to the correct conclusions.  To quote G.K. Chesterton,

"It isn’t that they can’t see the solution.  It’s that they can’t see the problem."

People accept solutions that don’t work because they believe in problems that don’t exist.  If we can help them to understand what the real problems are, the solutions will take care of themselves.