The media, bias and advocacy

I have been thinking for the past few months about how we learn the “truth” about what is going on in government. I have had some conversations over the past month with people who have said that the only people that they can trust to tell the truth about the current administration are people like [...]

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An Amazing Moment

I have to say that watching the election coverage last night was quite an experience.  It was cool to see the diversity of Obama supporters crying with joy and especially to think about what this must mean for African-Americans (and all Americans) given their history in this country.  To think of those who struggled to [...]

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Thoughts on the candidates

I have not posted for quite a while because I have been busy teaching, but I wanted to post my thoughts on the candidates and how they have changed over the past few months.
I have to start out by saying that I have a less favorable view of both of the candidates now than I [...]

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Newt Gingrich and Green Conservatism

I came across an interesting chat transcript on Slate.com with Newt Gingrich about a conservative approach to solving environmental problems.  Here are a couple of additional links to web pages that Gingrich has set up:
www.americansolutions.com
A website about his book:
A Contract with the Earth
Now, I am not really a big fan of Newt Gingrich in general [...]

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What does it mean to be conservative? or liberal?

I don’t really consider myself to be conservative.  I consider myself more of of moderate who can see some value in both ends of the political spectrum. However, I came across an article by Andrew J. Bacevich in the March 24, 2008 issue of The American Conservative where he lists his ideas of conservative ideals.

“a [...]

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