Month September 2010

Thoughts on the Mainstream

Gaping Void Okay, I exaggerated on this one to make a point. If you are selling shampoo, deodorant or mayonnaise, then you’ll probably have to sell to the mainstream. You’ll have to sell your soul, water it down, pander to…

Progressives against progress

The rise of environmentalism poisoned liberals’ historical optimism City Journal makes the case that the environmental movement, with its implied assumptions that progress and science is suspect and back-to-nature always laudable, caused a shift in liberalism from its original optimism…

Sacramento snoozes while state suffers

The California state legislature sauntered back from their month long July vacation on August 1 and promptly got back to what they were doing before, which is virtually nothing of substance about passing a budget. Now September is nearly here…