Who is more generous to charity? Liberal or Conservative?

Those liberals who usually read Maureen DOWD are going to be upset (not because of her fill-in - Nick KRISTOF) because someone is calling them out on a fact that has puzzled many for years.

Liberals don't give. Conservatives do.

Conservatives outspend Liberals when it comes to giving to charity (in the US). They also volunteer more. These facts are from a 2006 book entitled "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism" by Arthur BROOKS.

He followed this up with an international comparison of generosity in April 2008 called "Gross National Happiness". The upshot is that privately, Americans are the most generous donators in the world - based on a number of scales. The least generous according to BROOKS - the French.