Lee Stranahan again: oh boy,…
…he’s getting deeper and deeper into it. Pretty soon he may realize he’s gone too far and there’s no turning back.
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The beginnings of change: Lee Stranahan
Here’s a very interesting article from Lee Stranahan, a liberal who’s starting—just starting—to get the picture. I’m not sure how far he’ll go with his change experience, but at the moment he is surprised and perturbed that the liberal media … Continue reading →
Solway on his Obama fixation
David Solway is a Canadian poet who used to be a man of the “soft” left. He was happy there. But, as with many, 9/11 began for him a period of learning, reading, thinking, and ultimately revising his political opinions. … Continue reading →
Social psychologists, watch out: you have nothing to lose but your liberalism
For obvious reasons, several people have sent me this link to a NY Times article on the overwhelming presence of liberals in the field of personality and social psychology. Conservatives? This group has barely ever heard of em, except perhaps … Continue reading →
Juan Williams, the process of political change, and breaking the liberal trance
Thomas Lifson at American Thinker reflects on Juan Williams and the ideological journey he might be beginning as a result of his NPR firing. A great deal of this is familiar to me; political change, especially from left to right, … Continue reading →
The neofication of Juan Williams
I see it in Williams eyes when I happen to catch him on Fox these days: he’s spitting mad. Personally outraged, and most of all surprised. I don’t know whether the NPR firing will lead to any political change for … Continue reading →
The liberal religion and the devils on the right
This piece by Dennis Prager is one of the best summaries of the left’s attitude towards the right, and why it is so recalcitrant to change. It also explains why the ostracism and demonization faced by liberal to conservative “changers” … Continue reading →
Talking to liberals
A while back, commenter “Steve H.” asked a question. It’s one to which I unfortunately still don’t have a good answer, although I’m highlighting it because it’s a question I’ve been increasingly asking myself for some months now: We all … Continue reading →
Olbermann leaves Kos
Keith Olbermann, criticized at Kos for his rare putdown of Obama the other night, takes his ball and goes home. What’s the big surprise—did he fail to study his French Revolutionary history?
Continue reading →Updike on war and the intelligentsia
[NOTE: Today, when framing a comment, I came across this previous post of mine. I think it’s so important—and so relevant to another heated discussion we had recently on this blog, that I decided to repost it.] I first read … Continue reading →
Telling the tale of the Left: apostates and escapees
I write a great deal about what I call “political changers,” those people who have had some sort of political conversion or political evolution experience. As I explained here, this change is ordinarily unidirectional, from Left to Right; and (as … Continue reading →
A liberal tries to understand the Palin phenomenon
Judith Warner seems to be trying to get it. In a meandering, unfocused piece in the NY Times, she tries to work through her confusion about Palinmania. Along the way, there is the usual condescension, barely contained. But towards the … Continue reading →