Liberal and Proud

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Friday July 25, 2014 · 7:51 AM PDT

2014/07/25 · 07:51

The New Personhood

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Tuesday July 01, 2014 · 8:14 AM PDT

2014/07/01 · 08:14

Right on, Obama!

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Thursday June 19, 2014 · 3:29 PM PDT

2014/06/19 · 15:29

Why, working class?

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Wednesday June 18, 2014 · 3:34 PM PDT

2014/06/18 · 15:34

Just One Question

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Tuesday June 17, 2014 · 12:44 PM PDT

2014/06/17 · 12:44

All Christians Should be Liberal

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Monday June 16, 2014 · 4:18 PM PDT

2014/06/16 · 16:18

The Liberal's Prayer

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Sunday June 15, 2014 · 9:09 PM PDT

2014/06/15 · 21:09

Democracy as a Pickup Game

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Saturday May 31, 2014 · 9:45 PM PDT

2014/05/31 · 21:45

When growing up on weekends, I played in many basketball games on a beat-up concrete court in a worn-out park. We never used a referee so the success of the game depended on how closely we voluntarily followed the rules. We called our own fouls and when it was an obvious foul, we usually got our way, depending on just how passionate (loud) we were about how hard we were fouled. On close fouls—those that could go either way—we usually didn’t call them, but if we did, we tended to rotate the call from one side to the other.

The point is, we knew what we had to do to be fair so that we could keep everybody somewhat happy so they would return each weekend to play another game.

Our democracy today is very much like playing in a pickup street game of basketball.

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Friday October 05, 2012 · 9:10 AM PDT

2012/10/05 · 09:10

I stood stunned, perhaps like President Obama appeared to be, listening to Mitt Romney redefining himself for the umpteenth time during the first presidential debate. Romney has become not the Man for all Seasons, but the Man for all Reasons. Ask him about an issue, any issue, and he’ll tell you what you want to hear.

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Friday September 14, 2012 · 5:16 PM PDT

2012/09/14 · 17:16

Over-throw a tyrant and establish a democracy? Good luck with that. Our democracy is the form of government most of the emerging countries in the Middle East seek to emulate. What they don’t realize, however, is that a democratic form of government is fragile and constantly in peril. Take ours for example. If we continue on the course we’re headed, our democracy is in great danger.

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