Tag Archives: Centrist
What Do They Mean by “American Exceptionalism?”

What Do They Mean by “American Exceptionalism?”

In the last election a new litmus-test question emerged to determine whether or not a candidate was sufficiently conservative.  All across the country true-believing conservatives were trying to herd out the RINOS (Republicans in Name Only) by asking whether the ...Read more

Courage and Wisdom on the Debt Commission:   Economist Alice Rivlin and Senator Tom Coburn Make Statements

Courage and Wisdom on the Debt Commission: Economist Alice Rivlin and Senator Tom Coburn Make Statements

Precious little about the way American “leaders” are facing the looming fiscal catastrophe inspires confidence.  The very fact that a commission was established to disarm our ticking debt bomb is itself a retreat from legislative responsibility.  And our our legislators, ...Read more

Centrism in the Age of Partisanship: A Personal Perspective

Centrism in the Age of Partisanship: A Personal Perspective

The turbulent politics of today has a lot of us asking ourselves where we stand.  The political ground is shifting quickly in this century, amid crises of terror, finance, unemployment, disaster, immigration, and burgeoning nation debt.    The political bases are ...Read more

Disasters “R” Us: America the Defenseless

Disasters “R” Us: America the Defenseless

At its most basic level, the role of government is to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.  As individuals we obviously cannot monitor the safety practices of a gigantic multinational oil company drilling off our shore.  We ...Read more

High Time for a Deal with the Chinese on Korea

High Time for a Deal with the Chinese on Korea

The shocking North Korean attack on the South Korean warship Cheonan was an act of war, a war unwanted by most of the major players, especially South Korea, the United States and China.  North Korea’s motivations for the attack are ...Read more