Liberal Hearts and Conservative Brains

<p>Talk radio hosts seem to believe conservatives are from Mars and liberals are from Venus-two different species in other words. Ron Lipsman's new book uses a mix of rational analysis and personal history to suggest there may be deeper psychological laws at work here that help shape our worldviews. He's on to something!<br>-Elias Crim Publishing Consultant.</p><p>Professor Lipsman<br><ul><li>argues for a correlation between age and political philosophy which asserts that young people tend to gravitate toward liberalism while older people are usually more comfortable with conservatism; and that additionally among the people who change their political preference over time more go from liberal to conservative than vice versa; and finally he assesses the strengths of these trends; </li><li>examines the most interesting counter-examples to these trends--namely premature conservatives and aging liberals-and explains what motivates them; </li><li>presents a history of the liberal/conservative divide in America and then augments it with an assessment of its current status as well as a prediction of its future; </li></ul><p>An insightful and witty examination of the values and beliefs that divide liberals and conservatives in America today. A penetrating look at the concept of the 'aging liberal' especially as it pertains to the Jewish and academic communities.<br>-Bruce Bartlett nationally syndicated columnist</p>