https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/05/26/leaving-home/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 03:15:13 -0400<![CDATA[SPIEGEL editor Jan Fleischhauer describes how, after much soul searching, and making sure no one was looking, he went and ate a McDonald&#8217;s hamburger. How the first time he watched a Disney movie it was as a grown up with his own children. He lived in a world where ordinary oranges were regarded with deep suspicion because they might come from South America and where movies were screened for political content. It was universe in which people kept their secret thoughts to themselves; not confiding even with their wives. Presiding over the surface of this planet were two deities, one of darkness and the other of light. &#8220;The earlier you decided which side you wanted to be on, the better.&#8221; He wasn&#8217;t living inside of some cult, unless you call the only world-religion ever indigenous to Europe a cult. He was living inside the Left.]]>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:27:44 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/05/26/leaving-home-n188311