Shows you where I’ve been the last couple of years – up to my eyeballs in multiple moves and raising kids. Apparently there was a dust-up over liberals and libertarians back in the summer of 2006. The other day I linked to a post from a libertarian leader who looked at ways that liberals and […]
I just wanted to point out to any local, Peoria-area readers that I’m starting a new chapter of the national Drinking Liberally organization this coming Tuesday. Click on the badge down the right side of the web page for details. Hope to see you there!
Yesterday, I quickly outlined some of my political beliefs. In total, according to my reading of current political definitions, they make me a liberal. But admittedly some of those beliefs tend toward the traditionally conservative side. So, doesn’t that make me a centrist? No. I absolutely reject that label. First of all, it’s meaningless. Supposedly […]
I got to thinking more yesterday about how Google Adsense has connected the content of my blog to conservative advertisers, here (scroll down to the bottom). Maybe the machine is on to something. So what makes me a liberal? Well, as I’ve explained earlier, some things that I think are classically conservative have ended up […]
Today I found an interesting article written more than a year ago by Brink Lindsey. He’s the vice president for research at the libertarian think tank, the Cato Institute. This is normally not a person, nor a organization, that I would have found myself agreeing with. For a long time now, libertarians have been avid […]
Torture is immoral and more Referencing my earlier post, torture is immoral. Period. But on top of that, it’s ineffective and illegal. Oh, and it’s simple to define, too. Just listen to the head of U.S. intelligence. And on what I see as a related note, the head of the U.S. military wants to close […]
Short post tonight. As a follow-up to my posts on morality here and here, I just wanted to call out this essay from “The New York Times Magazine”. It’s an overview of the latest scientific findings on the moral sense inherent in human beings. It’s fascinating, and I hope to take get a chance to […]
Running a little late today. Look for a post tonight. Thanks!
Today, I’m just going to post some useful items that relate back to my posts so far. Here are some great books that I think help point the right way for the Progressive Movement, in alphabetical order: “How Would a Patriot Act?”, Glenn Greenwald“How Liberals Can Speak Without Boring Everyone to Tears”, Thom Hartmann“Thinking Points”, […]
Yesterday, I made the argument that the Progressive Movement first needs to figure out and articulate what it stands for morally before going on to stories, issues, policies, electoral strategies, etc. After writing such a thing, I feel obligated to try to lay out where I’m coming from morally. Please don’t expect a comprehensive or […]
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