I never said liberal is left and conservative is right in the neat, schematic
way you attribute to me. You're quite correct that the discourse of
conservatism has a "liberal" flavor to it on cultural/reproductive issues,
just as "liberals" have adopted a "conservative" conception of the marketplac
Mark:
Your argument is seriously marred by the notion of Nader as a political
detour. The implication is that in his absence, the mass anger would assume
a more acceptable form. I believe in critical support of Nader, but I reject
both of your premises. At this time, at least in electoral politic
Joel Blau wrote:
>
>
> This reading of current American politics is absolutely
> breath-taking in its
> misjudgments. This is the U.S. in the year 2000, not Russia in
> 1902; we may have
> turned the corner after 25 years gravitating right, but we are
> not in anything
> remotely resembling a pre
This reading of current American politics is absolutely breath-taking in its
misjudgments. This is the U.S. in the year 2000, not Russia in 1902; we may have
turned the corner after 25 years gravitating right, but we are not in anything
remotely resembling a pre-revolutionary situation; and Ralph
Giving enemies a name is a sinister business, I agree. It is akin to
witchcraft, but then economics IS witchcraft. But sometimes it is
no more than pulling a bearskin off a
shaman and revealing a poor trembling actor inside
(I do not mean Doug of course).
A hundred years ago, bitter battles were
