Update, October 9, 2010: The Rockridge Institute archives are no longer available from the links in this post. They are now available from the website of the Cognitive Policy Works, a think tank formed by former fellows of the Rockridge … Continue reading →
The following piece deserves to be read and disseminated by anyone with a bent for liberalism or Christian social justice. It was written by Tim Wise and is posted on his blog at the Red Room. I do not agree … Continue reading →
I found this piece in the National Review Online today and it is extraordinarily funny to me. If you were to substitute “Republican” or “Bush” for every reference to “Democrat” or “Obama” would you not be describing America six years … Continue reading →
Zydeco and Obama? Great combination!!
Continue reading →On June 1, 1950, Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R- Maine) delivered the famous Declaration of Conscience speech on the floor of the Senate. In it, she declared that she didn’t want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory … Continue reading →
While doing some followup research on Bill Ayers, the subject of the previous post, I found his blog and read some of the posts. What I found most fascinating were the comments. Many were rational and sane and many more … Continue reading →
I’m a little late with this commentary, but there are so many issues that have been brought forth with the nomination of Sarah Palin as the vice presidential candidate of John McCain that perhaps you will excuse me. As McCain’s … Continue reading →
Some time ago, I posted a short piece about the issue of racism in the campaign for president between John McCain and Barack Obama. Since that time, the issue has become more prominent and a teacher in Florida has been … Continue reading →
George Lakoff is a linguist and has worked with the idea of metaphors for a number of years. When I was in college, I took a course in linguistics and found it to be very interesting, but the course I … Continue reading →
Since starting this blog early last month, I have been wrestling with the paramount theme that underlies the campaign for the office of the President of the United States this year: conservatism vs. liberalism. In some early posts, I looked … Continue reading →