Liberals often speak in seemingly harmless cliches that they hope will penetrate our mental defenses. Here are some of the most egregious examples.

Ben J.Wattenbergdefines the middle class, a group whose values and interests were once ignored but that are now catered to by both major parties in this national election year.

As recently as half a century ago, Americans across all classes showed only minor differences on the Founding virtues. When Americans resisted the idea of being thought part of an upper class or lower class, they were responding to a reality: there really was such a thing as a civic culture that embraced all of them. Today, that is no longer true.

No environmental problem is more important than that posed by the degradation of our cities, and we must reflect on the factors that might prevent or reverse the decay that we are witnessing. In urban planning, civic leaders should think in terms of fostering beauty through the use of aesthetic constraints.

One percent of those surveyed said that the budget agreement will deliver all that politicians have promised--a balanced budget, lower taxes, and spending cuts.

Since Eliot Spitzer charged mutual funds were cheating customers by giving special deals to hedge funds, government agencies, the industry, and the public have responded admirably.

In the new...

Mutual fund companieshave gonebeyond government pressure and established sensible new standards, and shareholders have punished the tainted by shifting their assets to other funds.