David Parkman on the Regressive Left
There are certain features of liberalism that are foundational, without which there is no liberalism.
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The Marketplace of Ideas is Closed for Business
It is now undeniable that what was once vaunted as a marketplace of ideas is now nothing more than a boarded up strip-mall.
Read More The Marketplace of Ideas is Closed for BusinessOn Nazis, Anger and the Conscience of the Left
HOW REACTING TO RIGHT WING BIGOTRY CAN LEAD TO A REJECTION OF VALUES
Read More On Nazis, Anger and the Conscience of the LeftHow Hard is it to Condemn Nazis?
After a number of conversations with my conservative friends as well as a survey of conservative sources, I’m forced to ask, “how hard is it to condemn Nazis?”
Read More How Hard is it to Condemn Nazis?The Russia Thing
We need to slow our thinking down on the so-called Trump/Russia scandal. Fight for a comprehensive investigation, but not to the neglect of other, more pressing issues.
Read More The Russia ThingNaomi Klein on How to Deal with the Trump Shock
NAOMI KLEIN IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VOICES OF THIS GENERATION
If you have not yet read Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine, do so immediately. It should be on everyone’s required reading list.
On Walls and the Disappearance of Left Wing Discourse
…the goal must be to institute a leftist globalism, not a globalized left, which is a much different thing.
Read More On Walls and the Disappearance of Left Wing DiscourseTrump 2020!
…here we have what is quite possibly the most surreal paradox of the entire Trump phenomenon. Trump’s very incompetence may actually serve as part of the filter that hides his incompetence…It’s as if he excretes his own bulletproof exoskeleton.
Read More Trump 2020!The Myth of Small Government Conservatism
With the release of the Trump budget and the expressed goals of the Administration, it should now be clear to all that my attempt to debunk the Small Government Conservative Myth is accurate.
Read More The Myth of Small Government ConservatismWhat Was the Deadliest Terrorist Group the U.S. Ever Faced?
All over the country, we see monuments to those who, under any other conceivable context would be defined as traitors, criminals or, in our modern parlance, terrorists.
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