political philosophy

A lot of "netroots" bloggers express constant consternation over this, but it's a very typical historical pattern. The pattern is...

The next crisis is so immense that we are doing everything possible to avoid looking at it. The harbinger, the...

Trauma is usually what sets a year in your mind and your heart. And when you know where in time...

We can't confront Lieberman with the age of the history moving him, any more than we could confront Lester Maddox...

The explosion in the center moves outward, and pushes the poor out with it. Some hang on, older folks may...

You specialize in one subject all your life. You know only one set of assumptions for how things should proceed....

An Inconvenient Truth isn't just a movie. It's not just an inconvenience. It is the new reality defining the task...

Consensus is fairly rare, but it's the most transformative force our politics has.

Freedom at its heart is the assumption that given freedom men and women will use it wisely.

We have to find a consensus that leads to fundamental change in our attitudes. The crisis which will force such...