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 […]
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 […]
In my last post, I laid out some criteria I have for my own beliefs. I want to call out one of those today. I mentioned that beliefs have to be morally sound. Though I mentioned this one last, I think it’s of primary importance, especially for the Progressive Movement. In the worlds of politics […]
“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” – George Orwell I see this quote used so often that it strikes me as cliché to lead off this post with it, but sometimes, to use another cliché, the shoe just fits. One of my goals for this blog is be […]
As a general rule, I try not to track punditry as it relates to political contests. It strikes me that a lot of what’s said following the results of something like, oh, let’s say the Iowa caucuses, proves to be spectacularly overblown if not just outright false. I understand why they write and/or broadcast it. […]
Another quick post today. The blogger digby had a great post a few days ago. It goes a long way toward articulating the frustrations that have led me to start speaking out and start this blog.
Bill Poorman 