Commentary
Secular conservatives have done, and continue to do, great work on behalf of America, liberty, and conservatism in general.
But they will not likely have conservative grandchildren—and many will not have conservative children.
I know this because I speak with hundreds of conservatives a year in person and on the radio.
I routinely ask these people these questions:
“How many children do you have?”
After they give me a number, I ask:
“With regard to their holding your conservative values, what’s your batting average?”
On some occasions the answer is “I’m batting a thousand,” but that is the rarest response. Usually, conservative parents have at least one child who has become a leftist—not a liberal, mind you, but a leftist….