As it turns out, a significant majority of Americans, about two-thirds, have liberal values. It depends, of course, on what specific issues you’re talking about, but this figure is an amalgam of our views on abortion rights, the death penalty, …
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Do We Have a Counterculture?
To a question currently circulating on social media: What item from the 1970s should be brought back? an old friend answered: a counterculture. I found that quite thought-provoking. Don’t we have a counterculture today? It’s possible that we have one, …
Tulsi Gabbard’s Completely Insincere Metamorphosis
When Tulsi Gabbard came on the political scene years ago, she held great appeal as a left-of-center Democrat with a keen mind, a powerful stage presence, and a deep commitment to humanitarian values. Recently, however, she has shifted to the …
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A Better Planet
From Clint Eastwood: People say that we must leave a better planet to our children. The truth is that we must leave better children to our planet. I would say that both are true. Of course, as a true right-winger, …
Harming Nature Is Harming Ourselves
I think we all know this, at some level. The problem is that making personal sacrifices for the good of all humankind is something that very few people will do.
Lots Happening in California, Texas, and Florida–But …..
There is a point to be made in the meme here, but the goings-on in California normally involve environmental stewardship, human rights, healthcare, or something else that makes the planet a better place to live. The precise opposite is true …
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Quakerism and Environmental Stewardship
The mission of the William Penn Charter School, founded in 1689, is to provide a high-quality K-12 education on a platform of Quaker principles: Belief in seeking peace with oneself and others, in accepting and respecting each individual’s uniqueness, in …
Getting There from Here
Seems like a good time to remind Americans that socialism and capitalism do not exist in their pure form anywhere on this planet. Take a moment and imagine our lives without our physical infrastructure, police, fire fighting, criminal justice, national …
Shocking Things Liberals Believe
(Larger version below) There are a few things I would add. Police who use excessive force, especially when a suspect’s death comes as a result, should be held accountable. War should be used as a last resort, and America’s defense …
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Why Progressives Can’t Organize
This is a great idea, one that we encounter often. The problem is that it’s impossible. War mongers and the rest of the far right are singular in their belief system, and the hate they carry with them naturally brings …
