On the heels of my last post, I’m still thinking about FDR’s possible place in modern progressive rhetoric. Listen, for a moment (have some scotch and aspirin ready), to rhetoric from the GOP’s presidential field. After God (and His son), no one comes in for more frequent and positive mention than St. Reagan.** They love … Continue reading
The Financial Times‘ Robin Harding, quoted in Mike Allen’s Playbook: Romney, speaking after he won the Nevada caucus on Saturday, said that even though the official unemployment rate fell to 8.3 per cent, … ‘the real unemployment rate is over 15 per cent. … [H]e’s been trying to take a bow for 8.3 per cent … Continue reading
Compare. Newt Gingrich, on Saturday: “I’m here to tell you that if you don’t start with values and you don’t start by establishing who we are as Americans, the rest of it doesn’t matter. Life is not just about money.” Democracy, A Journal (No. 20, Spring 11, p. 8): “No debate is more fundamental in … Continue reading
John Dewey, Human Nature and Conduct: “We may desire abolition of war, industrial justice, greater equality of opportunity for all. But no amount of preaching good will or the golden rule or cultivation of sentiments of love and equity will accomplish the results. There must be change in objective arrangements and institutions. We must work … Continue reading
We of the chattering class have spent much of the last two years trying to figure out what to make of President Obama’s brand of progressivism. After all, the “new progressive era” that began with his election in 2008 hasn’t necessarily been especially progressive or much of an era. The President has been under fire … Continue reading
