As a veteran of the Great Progressive Disappointment of 2000 and 2004, I know what is bouncing around in most left-leaning minds. Compromises. Botched opportunities. Defeats. Disarray. Cynicism.
Despite what many people in the center or right may believe, this is a very tough time to be a liberal. I’m far from a traditional liberal myself, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'reinhold niebuhr'
Can America be Progressive At All?
January 28th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: arthur schlesinger · conservative · liberal · reinhold niebuhr
Obama’s Nobel Prize speech and the necessity of Just War
December 14th, 2009 No Comments
There was hardly any single way President Obama could accept the Nobel Peace prize successfully. His harshest critics are his compatriots, people who should be proud that their president is being honored on the world stage, but instead are ridiculing the prize and process. So when Obama accepted his prize on Wednesday in Oslo there [...]
Tags: afghanistan · just war · michael walzer · nobel peace prize · obama · reinhold niebuhr
