Not to mention the news lately hasn't interested me much. This article did interest me though. Well I feel that the basis of liberalism is to try and make things more fair for everyone and safer. I can admit those are noble goals that I myself share. I think my change of heart in terms of politics came when I started to look at both side of all of the issues and see where the fairness really comes in.
Abortion is a good example of that.
You have two people one loses their life and the other loses some of their body for 9 months. I think you get to a point where safety and making things fair means that you lose safety and things become even more unfair than before. Check out this article about red light cameras. I think it makes you think.