Back from the…

Well, I wouldn’t say “dead,” but certainly my blog has been asleep for quite some time. But that’s over. So, time to get re-started. And with so much going on, it’s difficult to know where to start. Let’s start with the big news of the day – the meltdown of all things economic in America. […]

Free market fundamentalism

To follow up on my point about national security, here’s a start at economic policy and the cult of free market fundamentalism. P.S. As an FYI, here’s an organization called the Longview Institute. My understanding is that they are some folks that used to be at the Rockridge Institute with George Lakoff. They have an […]

Tackling national security (and everything else)

Kind of expanding upon my last post, in which I made the point that liberals should be talking up and demonstrating liberal values, here is a great post about liberalism and national security. The author, Rand Beers, is dead right when he makes that point that liberals need to figure out what they stand for, […]

Get it together

I don’t like to write specifically about political parties on this blog. I prefer to stick to exploring liberalism vs. conservatism. But I just have to say what a huge disappointment the Illinois Democratic party has been for me. What, again with trouble getting it together on the budget? Never mind Blagojevich and all of […]

Perspective

Backed up on a project today, so something quick. Where do you fit in to the village (PDF)? I keep this one above my desk.

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 […]

Conservatives ain’t “conservative”

This article from the Atlantic does a good job of covering something that’s been on my mind as I try to puzzle through liberalism. The basic idea is that the modern “conservative” movement is not really conservative at all. Instead it is a radical movement, looking to overturn long-held beliefs and policies. A couple of […]