https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2007/05/22/living-in-ideology-vs-living-in-reality-immigration-revisited/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 08:42:22 -0400<![CDATA[The more people live in ideology &#8211; defining themselves exclusively as liberal, conservative, anarchist, libertarian, marxist, Freudian, whatever &#8211; the less they seem to be living in reality. They see the world through their belief systems and rarely anything else. Of course each of those systems may once have had some value, indeed still have to one degree or another, but the more one is a true believer in any of them, the more the granularity of fact-based reality fades away.]]>Tue, 22 May 2007 12:29:53 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2007/05/22/living-in-ideology-vs-living-in-reality-immigration-revisited-n214015