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Red tribe, blue tribe

The New Neo Posted on October 4, 2014 by neoOctober 4, 2014

Here’s a wonderful post by a liberal guy who’s also a shrink, on the subject of the divide between Red and Blue America, and in particular the attitude of Blue towards Red (hat tip: commenter “carl in atlanta”): The worst … Continue reading →

Posted in Leaving the circle: political apostasy, Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Political changers | 90 Replies

Political change: head, heart

The New Neo Posted on September 23, 2014 by neoSeptember 23, 2014

Commenter “Phil D” has a question for me: …[T]his is something I wondered about for a long time. Take another example of a neocon, Roger Simon of Pajamas Media. I remember reading a comment of him from a few years … Continue reading →

Posted in Leaving the circle: political apostasy, Political changers | 66 Replies

Moving to the left

The New Neo Posted on July 24, 2014 by neoJuly 24, 2014

It’s so rare to see a piece describing a political change from right to left that this one in Politico entitled “Why Am I Moving Left?” caught my eye. It’s written by Thomas E. Ricks, a 50-something journalist who has … Continue reading →

Posted in Political changers | 68 Replies

Karl Popper, changer

The New Neo Posted on May 13, 2014 by neoMay 13, 2014

The Austrian philosopher of science Karl Popper, who emigrated to New Zealand in the late 1930s (when he was in his late 30s) and then to London, had flirted with Communism in his youth. Actually, he more than flirted with … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Liberty, Pacifism, People of interest, Political changers | 28 Replies

Orwell, Animal Farm, and socialism’s inherent contradictions

The New Neo Posted on May 3, 2014 by neoMay 3, 2014

Yesterday commenter “Nick” wrote this on the thread about Krystal Ball’s Animal Farm summary: OK, OK, I hate to be this guy, but Orwell would have been fine with Ball’s reading. Orwell was a socialist. His problem with the pigs … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Liberty, Literary leftists, Literature and writing, People of interest | 28 Replies

Elia Kazan, changer

The New Neo Posted on April 11, 2014 by neoApril 11, 2014

Elia Kazan was a great director, especially according to many of the actors who worked with him and from whom he coaxed (or tricked, or bullied, or squeezed) their best performances. But he was an exceptionally polarizing figure in Hollywood … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Movies, Political changers | 37 Replies

Gas prices: getting a foot in the door?

The New Neo Posted on March 28, 2014 by neoMarch 28, 2014

Looking at the high gas prices at the pumps the other day, I had the usual and obvious thought, “When Bush was president the press blamed it all on him, and now that Obama’s president you hear the sound of … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Political changers, Press | 28 Replies

Alinsky’s Rule #4 is a one-way street

The New Neo Posted on March 27, 2014 by neoMarch 27, 2014

Excellent, excellent, excellent article by Jim Geraghty entitled “Unruly Progressives: why it’s so hard to make progressives live up to their own rules.” First, a little review of Alinsky’s Rule #4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book … Continue reading →

Posted in Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Political changers | 67 Replies

Dmitri Volkogonov, political changer

The New Neo Posted on March 3, 2014 by neoMarch 3, 2014

What a sad and terrifying story of another political changer: Dmitri Volkogonov. Ultimately it’s also a story of great courage and integrity, although that courage and integrity came late in the game: Volkogonov entered the military at the age of … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Liberty, Political changers | 22 Replies

Benificiary of Obamacare gets incredibly rude and complex awakening…

The New Neo Posted on November 19, 2013 by neoNovember 19, 2013

…but still believes in Obama. Here’s a textbook case of the liberal mindset. Jessica Sanford of western Washington state was so happy with the initial Obamacare premiums she was quoted by the state website that she sent off a grateful … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance and economics, Health care reform, Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Political changers | 49 Replies

David Horowitz: come back to tell you all

The New Neo Posted on November 6, 2013 by neoNovember 6, 2013

To say: “I am Lazarus, come from the dead, Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all”— ———–T.S. Eliot: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock David Horowitz has written a new book, although it doesn’t have … Continue reading →

Posted in Leaving the circle: political apostasy, Liberals and conservatives; left and right, People of interest, Poetry, Political changers | 16 Replies

Charles Krauthammer: changer

The New Neo Posted on October 26, 2013 by neoOctober 26, 2013

Here’s a piece by Krauthammer describing his own left-to-right change. I hadn’t before realized he was a changer. But it doesn’t surprise me. I’m often drawn to the writing of changers, even before I know that’s what they are. Another … Continue reading →

Posted in Political changers | 45 Replies

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