The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Just the other day, this old quote suddenly sprung to mind for no apparent reason: "If you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative at 40, you have no brain." Granted, given how old this quote is, the original author may not believe it fully applies today since the definitions of the terms liberal and conservative  have changed through the years. However, after thinking about it, if it did, I'd probably alter the quote to this: "If you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you're not a liberal at 40, you have no heart and no memory." Even with many modern-day conservatives, I often hear the rhetoric, "Well, when you're in college, still depending on mom and dad, and not making much money, yeah, it's easy to be a liberal. However, when you become a conservative, that's when you know you'll have grown up and become an actual adult." Yes, when we're young, in college, feeling...