Have you ever got to the point in your life where you stopped trying to single-handedly change the world? I reached it last year while I was writing on a regular basis for my previous blog that focused on culture and politics. I don't hold to a view that would be considered mainstream on either the right or the left given the current political climate (both parties look extremely similar to me).
For the record, I'm a conservative. Not a neoconservative hell-bent on empire building as so many in the GOP now advocate. Just a conservative from the Old Right school of thought. Some call us paleoconservatives and I think that label describes me well.
But I no longer want to spend large chunks of time following politics and culture and then trying to convince the entire political establishment that my view is correct. I have a life to live, a living to make, and family and friends to love. Politics are important. Vitally important. And I grieve over the condition of our culture. But nobody can live in grief mode for a sustained period of time. Not and stay mentally healthy anyway.
That's why I started this blog. I love movies, books, cats, coffee, baseball, fishing, tennis, collecting quotes, hanging out with friends, and a whole host of other things too much to allow politics to consume all of my spare time. So, on this blog, you'll see posts about anything and everything that I am passionate about (including politics). And if I write well enough to hold your interest, and spark a little conversation, then I'll be ecstatic.
