I don’t have any interest in starting a political movement. I just want to live life and be left alone as long as I’m peaceful with others. I’m trying to figure out how to do that. If you’re interested in doing the same — and if you want to do it without the shrill and angry confrontations of politics — I hope you’ll join me in a conversation that might lead to better lives for all of us.
My own political evolution is a long and twisting story. I grew up in a generally conservative household, but I was taught to be a political independent. I also learned — from school and from my own reading — to be an intensely patriotic kid. I believed in our political leaders. I believed in the political system. I believed in the morality of this country’s role in the world.
As a reformer, I’ve been at my best when allowed to fix what’s broken
500 years after Luther’s 95 theses, there’s still not much to celebrate
The hole is always there, but I foolishly hope it’ll just go away
Political attitudes about race prove we’re still living in a tribal world
This must be what it’s like to talk to people who believe earth is flat
After 50 years of being alone and disappointed, boy finally gets girl
Jobs created or saved by ARRA stimulus? Much of it was pure fiction
Defense mechanism led me to repress unacceptable emotions
‘Vast military-industrial complex’ keeps growing and keeps killing