Monthly Archives: April 2011

I like how Johann Hari frames conservatism in his Huff Post article on Donald Trump’s rise to fame in the Republican party: “They have long claimed that evolution is a myth believed in only by whiny liberals — and it … Continue reading →

Following are more excerpts of posts from the blog Eco Transitions with my comments interspersed, all available at the IPS thread on the topic. From the blog post “why transition, part 2”: “I want to argue here that the responses … Continue reading →

Following are more excerpts of posts from the blog Eco Transitions with my comments interspersed, all available at the IPS thread on the topic. From the blog post “why transition, part 2”: “I want to argue here that the responses … Continue reading →

Christian Arnsperger started a new blog this April called Eco-Transitions: The Next Step Economy. Also check out our IPS discussion on the blog. Here’s an excerpt from the 2nd post of 4/16/11 called “Why transition? A first look at concepts”: … Continue reading →

I referenced the book Shadow of Spirit in another thread. I here want to emphasize chapter 19: “Woman and space according to Kristeva and Irigaray” by Phillipa Berry. A few excerpts with comments following. “One way in which Heidegger’s emphasis … Continue reading →

Building on the last post, instead of splitting the difference between the two bad budget plans of Obama and Ryan, which is not the middle but way right of center, how about the budget plan proposed by the Congressional Progressive … Continue reading →

Robert Reich makes clear that in the current US budget debate the middle is not between the Obama and the Ryan plans. Progressives know this is a fallacy but it seems the  other liberals, including Obama, think that negotiation and … Continue reading →

Robert Reich makes clear that in the current US budget debate the middle is not between the Obama and the Ryan plans. Progressives know this is a fallacy but it seems the  other liberals, including Obama, think that negotiation and … Continue reading →

The usual conservative canard is that the liberals want big government, that they want to control our lives with over regulation, and that such legislation gets in the way of rugged individuals engaging in laissez-faire capitalism’s invisible and beneficient hand … Continue reading →

Balder started an IPS thread on this book by Ellen Abrams and Joel Primack. He kicks off the thread with a review by Matthew Fox, who says: “I have often said that the most important things in life are metaphors, … Continue reading →