There is a difference between the US political left and right in the area of tolerance of ideas. The recent Kavanaugh confirmation circus is merely the most recent illustration of that difference.

In general, the right argues vehemently against the left’s ideas, but does not advocate blocking them. For example, while many conservatives are ( Read more... )

There is a difference between the US political left and right in the area of tolerance of ideas. The recent Kavanaugh confirmation circus is merely the most recent illustration of that difference.

In general, the right argues vehemently against the left’s ideas, but does not advocate blocking them. For example, while many conservatives are ( Read more... )

I enjoyed the article which describes what author Fred Siegel sees as a change in the Progressive Movement decades ago:For the first two-thirds of the twentieth century, American liberals distinguished themselves from conservatives by what Lionel Trilling called “a spiritual orthodoxy of belief in progress.” Liberalism placed its hopes in human ( Read more... )

That is the story from the IPCC official interviewed here:
The new thing about your proposal for a Global Deal is the stress on the importance of development policy for climate policy. Until now, many think of aid when they hear development policies.

That will change immediately if global emission rights are distributed. If this happens, on a per ( Read more... )

We were just discussing here the Sherrod firing uproar, and one aspect centered on freedom of speech. Shirley Sherrod agreed with an interviewer's suggestion that the government shutting down Fox News would be "a great thing ( Read more... )