Nothing defines the leadership of the Democratic Party better than its positions on the death penalty and abortion. They save murderers while ensuring the “right” to kill babies. What else explains President Biden’s commutation of 37 of the 40 murderers on federal death row with his promotion of abortion on demand? What else explains the “mercy” afforded to heinous, depraved killers of innocents with the sanctifying of abortionists who kill innocent babies? It is “morality” turned upside down.

Eighty years ago, the political philosopher James Burnham defined liberalism as the “ideology of Western suicide” in his masterful . Burnham depicted liberalism as a creed, a form of religion that is opposed to traditional morality — or for that matter, any traditions. Liberals believe that human nature is “progressing,” which is why they have more recently called themselves “progressives” instead of liberals. And, when they see that not all humans “progress” at the same pace, they use the coercive powers of the state to attempt to move them forward into their version of the promised land. (RELATED: James Burnham: the Sage of Kent, Connecticut)

President Barack Obama was studio-cast as the progressive prophet and leader. He had imbibed all of liberalism’s creed at Columbia and Harvard Universities but also learned the rough trade of politics from his Chicago mentors. The fact that he was half Black was icing on the cake for progressives. And when he was elected president, he pledged to “fundamentally transform” America. Progressives in the media, in Hollywood, and in the larger culture were drawn to Obama like a magnet.