It’s been another one of those weeks, and will continue to be, so light posting. But here are some interesting things I’ve found recently. Certain? Not so fast I think that an essential part of the liberal worldview is its attitude toward certainty. I am suspicious of people who just know they’re right, and I […]
Short post today… In yesterday’s post I expressed concern that Barack Obama is running from the liberal label. At dailykos I found another take that praises how he’s handling being called a liberal.
Barack Obama is starting to concern me. He seems to be running from “liberal” label. I’ve written before about how critical I think it is that liberals and progressives rescue the term “liberal”. It’s a first step toward re-legitimizing the entire liberal worldview. I didn’t see the debate between Obama and Hillary Clinton last night, […]
I think one of our prominent national liberal bloggers has it wrong. Well, slightly wrong. I’ve been mulling the whole kerfuffle over Barack Obama’s “patriotism problem” for a couple of days. An AP article by Nedra Pickler jump-started much of this. Since then, the liberal blogosphere has lit up – quite rightly and more quickly […]
Following up on some earlier thoughts about guns, I found a couple of opinion pieces in the local paper, the “Peoria Journal Star“. First, a piece on the lack of devastation wrought by Michigan passing a carry-concealed-weapons law a few years ago. I consider it mark of liberalism and the progressive movement to be “reality-based”. […]
Well, maybe it’s fair to say that I’m clearing out a backlog. I’ve found a number of things in the last few days, but I haven’t had a chance to post them. I’ll get through some today, and more in the next few days. Liberal morals and story Following up on my comments about the […]
If you’re interested in the future of the progressive movement, I would urge you to check out this article from Paul Waldman over at the “American Prospect”. He analyzes the success of Barack Obama so far and finds the key in Obama’s ability craft a compelling story about why he should be the next president […]
A drought there of a few days, but look for more posts starting this week. In the meantime, here was a good read from this weekend’s New York Times regarding identity politics. I think it’s some good thoughts to keep in mind as the progressive movement tries to sort out what it’s identity will be […]
Check out this article from Eric Alterman over at the Nation.
In a piece about the presidential primaries at Talking Points Memo, Jim Sleeper writes the following: Two great American crosscurrents — of liberal communal provision, without which conservative individuality can’t flourish, and of conservative personal responsibility, without which even the best liberal social engineering produces clients, cogs, or worse – can converge only if John […]
Bill Poorman 