The (other party) in Your Head
The (other party) in your head may not be like the one in reality.
The (other party) in your head may not be like the one in reality.
This looks very promising. I hope it gets more attention. (HT: Dispatches.)
It just isn’t. It’s not even a very good joint news conference.
First, let me alert all my readers that this is about my business even though this is a personal blog. Second, for those who read my business blog, it will be, to a certain extent, repetitively redundant. Several months ago I decided that I would expand my publication efforts into the area of politics, though…
I’ve been following Dr. Reich’s blog ever since I discovered it during the primary season. He was Labor Secretary during the Clinton administration, and I recall not always agreeing with him at the time, though I don’t recall the details. In any case, from the time when TARP was passed through the auto industry bailout,…
I had mixed emotions about Barack Obama’s choice not to accept public financing of campaigns. On the one hand, as an advocate of free speech, I believe that public financing and campaign spending limits are a threat to free speech precisely where it needs to be most free. But on the other hand, I dislike…
Well, I wasn’t going to vote for [tag]Mike Huckabee[/tag] anyhow, and since I’m not Republican he’d have to get the Republican nomination before it would get on my horizon, but still here’s another reason: Chuck Norris has endorsed him. I last mentioned Chuck Norris in my post Sneaking God into Public Schools. On the other…
It’s true that our imaginations (through should’s or “should have’s” and oughts – anxiety (barring realistic concern leading to action) – and a “conscience” that’s based on subjectivity can lead us inward and away from reality. We need people we trust to whom we are accountable. We need a faith community that allows for diverse opinions. We must read Scripture and inspirational books that are “vetted” in important ways.