Olbermann leaves Kos
Keith Olbermann, criticized at Kos for his rare putdown of Obama the other night, takes his ball and goes home. What’s the big surprise—did he fail to study his French Revolutionary history?
Continue reading →Keith Olbermann, criticized at Kos for his rare putdown of Obama the other night, takes his ball and goes home. What’s the big surprise—did he fail to study his French Revolutionary history?
Continue reading →[NOTE: Today, when framing a comment, I came across this previous post of mine. I think it’s so important—and so relevant to another heated discussion we had recently on this blog, that I decided to repost it.] I first read … Continue reading →
I write a great deal about what I call “political changers,” those people who have had some sort of political conversion or political evolution experience. As I explained here, this change is ordinarily unidirectional, from Left to Right; and (as … Continue reading →
Judith Warner seems to be trying to get it. In a meandering, unfocused piece in the NY Times, she tries to work through her confusion about Palinmania. Along the way, there is the usual condescension, barely contained. But towards the … Continue reading →
A fairly large percentage of Hillary Clinton’s supporters are mighty angry at the Obama campaign. To see what I mean, just go to a blog such as Talk Left and read the comments there, especially the ones written after the … Continue reading →
It’s not that I’m unsympathetic to the plight of those such as Bookworm who are Republicans (or Independents, or at the very least non-liberals) living in mega-blue areas such as Marin County, and who choose to keep their mouths firmly … Continue reading →
Here’s another story of political change (second part here). It’s of interest to me not only because writer/changer Lissa cites me as inspiration, but because of the description of her reaction when she first realized she was going in the … Continue reading →
The New York Times has tackled a subject near and dear to my heart. In this article that appeared Sunday, October 29, called “The Elephant in the Room,” Anne E. Kornblut faces the fact that politics has become the untouchable … Continue reading →
Having studied the stories of so many political “changers” (most recently, Kanan Makiya), it strikes me how similar the paths to such change often seem to be. Oh, the details vary, of course–different countries of birth, different turning points. But … Continue reading →
This essay, which appeared at the American Thinker, is by blogger and sometime visitor Bookworm, of Bookwormroom. It’s entitled, “Confession of a Crypto-Conservative Woman,” and it’s on a topic dear to my heart: being a closet neocon (a neo-neocon, at … Continue reading →
I think I’m making progress. A year or two ago, when I would go to a party and the inevitable comments would come up, apropos of nothing–Bush is evil, Michael Moore’s movie is the repository of Speaking Truth to Power, … Continue reading →
Just recently I received an e-mail from a thoughtful reader who asked: For most of my friends, being progressive is part of their identity. Changing their minds requires reevaluating who they are…Why do you think identity is so tied up … Continue reading →