Jonah Goldberg's new book Liberal Fascism reminds us how Canada's phony 'conservative' government and illiberal 'Liberal' opposition, along with compliant liberal media, have been co-opted by so-called 'progressive' (i.e., incipient fascist) ideology. For the very heart of fascism is the idea that "government can make things better"-and that leads to using the coercive powers of government to stifle dissent.

However, the best thing any government can do to improve our economy and our lives is to get out of the way of free people, and allow their creativity and energy to work.

Government does not do a better job of running the economy, educating children, providing health care, broadcasting information and 'culture', rehabilitating criminals… or almost anything else. In fact, government's legitimate tasks are pretty much limited to defending the nation, minting the money (not renting it from the banks, and thus putting us ever-deeper in debt through compounding interest), ensuring justice and honesty by swiftly and seriously punishing crime, and maintaining essential common services. Compare the very different policy agendas of true conservatives and 'liberal fascists':

Do you see the difference between the politics of principle, and poll-chasing pragmatism? Do you see how little real difference there is between Liberal and 'Liberal Lite'?