The liberal media
Great quick post from Eric Alterman on how a liberal president would be treated, given recent events.
Category: Liberalism
Fear of a different kind
Following up – in a sense – on my last post, fear is not just for militaristic right-wingers. This article by Bill McKibben is pretty scary. It’s about the need to get serious about climate change in just the next few years or the world as we know it – that set the stage for […]
Hear any similarities?
Fresh Air from NPR has this interview with an author who has written a biography of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. What struck me at first was how similar a description of a right-wing government in Iran and a right-wing government in the U.S. can be. Substitute Bush and his hard-line buddies for every mention of […]
Roll more credits
I just wanted to point out again that I’m indebted to a number of recent authors who helped me puzzle through modern liberalism. I wanted to call one out and mention a few more that I forgot. First of all, Bernie Horn’s “Framing the Future” is a great book. Some of his language comes straight […]
Some shorthand versions of liberalism vs. conservatism
Another in the series of conclusions I reached recently about how to define/talk about liberalism. Here are some short-hand comparisons. Conservative is: “I empathize with you, but I can’t/won’t help. It’s the moral responsibility of people to stand on their own two feet.” Liberal is: “I empathize with you, and I will help. It’s the […]
What is liberalism? 2
A second crack at a definition of liberalism… Liberals believe in the inherent dignity of each individual human life. Each individual is entitled to freedom – of thought, action, association and conscience. Everyone has the right to the opportunity to become the greatest, most fully developed human being that they can be. Liberalism wants to […]
What is liberalism? 1
Liberals believe in the inherent dignity of each individual human life. Each individual is entitled to freedom – of thought, action, association and conscience. Liberals believe we have a moral responsibility to care for ourselves and to care for others. Liberals believe we have a moral responsibility to see to it that individual’s opportunities in […]
I’m back
After a long time off from the blog, I’m back. I spent the time I usually use to write this blog to dive deeply into researching what I set up as the essential question of this blog: What are liberalism and the progressive movement all about? I’ve come up with some answers. I haven’t refined […]
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