Politics

The Content of Our Character

  I’m black, I’m proud, and identity politics could poison us all. What is identity politics? Unsurprisingly, different people answer this question differently. That’s a problem. Let’s create a shared understanding of what identity politics is in order to have a fruitful conversation about its merits, lack of merits, benefits, and harms in the future. …

Navigating the Split

Blind Justice by Anahuac. DeviantArt 2008.   I consider myself a liberal. I believe in a strong social safety net, progressive state and federal income taxes, and fighting economic inequality. I’m not too hung up on the size of governments. Big, small, or medium sized, I want elected officials to represent constituents not donors. I …