A fascinating story: from violent 60s radical to—well, to what? Do you think Judith Clark’s change is sincere? Do you think she should be let out of prison? Those are two separate questions, by the way. [ADDENDUM: David Horowitz says … Continue reading →
There’s an interesting phenomenon coming from the left: more people seem to have become unable to listen to Obama’s voice because they’ve found his promises to be empty. Matt Taibbi notes at Rolling Stone that he’s become so disillusioned with … Continue reading →
Sound familiar? [Hat tip: commenter Artfldgr.]
Continue reading →Here’s another story of political change, this time from Rima Greene, a Jewish leftist feminist lesbian (yep, all four) in San Francisco who woke up to a few realizations [emphasis mine]: When I was part of the Left, I thought … Continue reading →
Today the WSJ‘s Bari Weiss tackles playwright David Mamet’s political conversion from left to right . It’s an old story to readers of this blog, not just because such political conversions are a theme here, but because I’ve written before … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Jimmy J.”] I’ve written about playwright David Mamet’s left-to-right political conversion before, but Andrew Ferguson’s new piece in the Weekly Standard updates us on some of the details, and just how far he’s come. As conversion stories … Continue reading →
There seems to be a lot of this change stuff going around—or at least, potential change. George Monbiot—the liberal environmentalist Brit who gave his name to “moonbat”—has had what I’ve come to think of as the betrayal experience. But I’ll … Continue reading →
It’s interesting to watch it happening in real time. [Hat tip: commenter “foxfier.”]
Continue reading →Commenter “Parker” asks a question I often see: Does it matter who wrote Obama’s books? Even if Obama was not the author and it could be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt would the MSM care? Would the MSM … Continue reading →
Lee Stranahan’s change-story-in-the-making has garnered a certain amount of attention lately around the blogosphere, including a post at Ace’s that has inspired a number of people to write about their own political change. That comments thread caught my eye for … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →