It is always funny listening to self-described progressives try to rationally comprehend how anyone could possibly not agree with them politically. They are truly flabbergasted at the prospect that their worldview is not shared. Indeed, I’ve always believed that to be liberal is to believe that after long, thoughtful deliberation, you have arrived at some […]
How do you balance compassion and rational self interest? Not an easy game to play, and virtually no one talking about the aftermath of the attacks in Paris, and what to do about the Syrian war, ISIS, and millions of refugees displaced by that war, is talking sense. Though entirely justified in expressing skepticism about […]
Some day, every impetuous, idealistic, rebellious young person will grow old. When he does, inevitably there will come a moment when he will sit in his rocking chair, look around, and start complaining about “kids these days,” just as his parents’ and grandparents’ generations had once complained about his. It’s simply how life works. When […]
Election night 2015 was a horrendously bad night for the liberal alliance in Maine. Oh, they’ll claim otherwise, of course. Political partisans always manage to find a silver lining in every disaster. But, consider the following: Portland has, for years, been an experimental proving ground for progressive politics. Given the partisan lean of the city […]
