Leftists Give Less to Charity, Have More Income & Wealth

Myth 1: The republican party is the "party of the rich," and the democratic party is the "party of the poor and working class."

FACT: The average income and wealth of people who describe themselves as "liberal" or "leftist" is higher than that of people who describe themselves as "conservative".

Myth 2: Republicans and conservatives are "less compassionate" than liberals / leftists / democrats.

FACT: Republicans / conservatives donate a larger fraction of their incomes, and more of their time, to charities.

Perhaps liberals / leftists have substituted support for govt policies that donate OTHER PEOPLES' money for their own donations, and such support for actual efforts.

Dr. Zhivago, Cinematic Masterpiece

Sunday afternoon will go down as vital in my personal history. It comprised Detroit's first 2008 day of spring, and the first time that I enjoyed the completion of my home salon, which my suburban neighbors call, "the family room." With a fresh pot of Ethipean coffee, I laid alone on my new super-modern couch, and for the first time ever watched from beginning to end the cinematic masterpiece known as "Dr. Zhivago." If your life lacks a modern-designed salon, it surely does not lack the resources to create yourself one, as I did. And if your life lacks the memory of Dr. Zhivago, it certainly lacks any reason not to correct that as well.