Regarding the emotional distance that I put between myself and a long-time friend, there may have been more to it than our political differences. The distancing happened at about the time that I was in general retreat from the noisy world around me. I had by that time no other friends, having spent my last few years of full-time work in the relative isolation afforded by my fixation on a major project and having cut myself off from colleagues with whom I had previously enjoyed cordial relations.
As I have said: No man is an island. But I am a gated peninsula.
The less I am in the world, the happier I am.
My politics — libertarian conservative — must be driven by my personality.
See these related pages and posts:
“About”
“My Moral Profile”
“Political Ideologies”
“Intelligence, Personality, Politics, and Happiness”
“Solitude for the Masses” and the items linked to therein
“Friendship and Personality”
“‘Libertarianism’, the Autism Spectrum, and Ayn Rand“
Politics and Prosperity 