My office is hoplelessly sloppy.  I listen to jazz; take jazz guitar lessons.  Then again, I do like country music.

Wait a second:  I'm wild about talk radio, but I also like the occasional romantic comedy.  I am a fairly traditional  Jew.  Consciousness of death?  I am the child of concentration camp survivors -- how could I not be?

I consider myself open-minded, intellectually curious, have sought perhaps too much excitement in my time.  Novelty, creativity for its own sake, and a craving for stimulation like travel, color, art, music, and literature -- yes, yes and the rest of those yesses.

On balance, I must be liberal, according to a study I saw in Psychology Today.

Am I the exception that proves the rule?  I have not identified myself with liberal causes or positions since college; more than twenty years. 

I suspect these studies are designed to prove that liberals are intellectually and emotionally superior to conservatives.

Come off it already.  I am a human being, with both simple needs and complex desires.