Im not sure who said it (Winston Churchill, possibly) or the exact words, but I have heard that any young person, who isn’t liberal, is soulless and any old person, who isn’t conservative, is brainless. And my own political trajectory has traced that arc to an extent. I became politically aware during the Nixon era. JFK was still idolized and Nixon abhorred. Universities in my day were recruiting grounds for the left.
Nowadays, I consider myself more centrist in a country of extremism, pulling itself apart at the seams. Unfortunately, there’s no center anymore, no compromise between parties. I think I’m socially liberal and fiscally conservative. Idealistic, but wondering how we’re going to pay for it.
The Last First Kiss 