The Liberal Conservative

Yes, there are sane Republicans. Their folks call them RINO’s, we call them family. Jonathan Lenhardt is LA’s Liberal Conservative.

Welcome to the Liberal Conservative's look at the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, better known as the Bill of Rights, part 5 of 10! It should be rather obvious by now that...
Welcome to the Liberal Conservative's look at the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, better known as the Bill of Rights, part 4 of 10! "The right of the people to be secure in...
I love Pope Francis. I really do. The man is not only phenomenal as a human being, but a shining example of what it would take for folks like myself, and perhaps even Richard Dawkins,...
Welcome to the Liberal Conservative's look at the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, better known as the Bill of Rights, part 3 of 10! "No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered...
Welcome to the Liberal Conservative's look at the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution better known as the Bill of Rights, part 2 of 10! "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security...
Welcome to the Liberal Conservative's look at the first ten amendment to the United States Constitution better known as the Bill of Rights. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the...
  Since 1992 there have been 387 school shootings in the United States of America, so it's safe to say that we have a bit of a problem on our hands in our beloved nation. Naturally,...
That title may have been hyperbole. I'll admit it. In fact, the truth is quite likely the opposite. Even still, here we are. Avalanche Sharks?is on its way and this gem comes courtesy of the imaginative...
"We can always hope, and in all things it is better than to despair." The above quote comes courtesy of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the German novelist and poet (and at one point, Chief Minister of...
What on Earth is it about the Tea Party that triggers their steadfast and willful ignorance to American history? You'd think that with the vast, nearly limitless source of information called the Internet that ignorance...
Okay, I think we can all agree that death is no laughing matter, and suicide even less so. We're all afraid of death as it is and suicide is what took the great Ernest Hemingway...
Boy, there sure is a lot of pulse-pounding news out there today, isn't there? The government shutdown that could lead to the U.S. defaulting on loans and thus sending the global economy on a proverbial...
I'm an atheist by definition. I do not believe in any sort of deity or supernatural entity that watches over humankind. So, naturally, I absolutely love to make fun of religion; but don't worry, my...