centrism

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Formerly a Post on Consequentialism

Guest Authors December 17, 2018

There was a post here about centrism, but...

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“You don’t ‘seize’ the center, you create the center”

Tim Kowal April 28, 2013

When I learned it, I thought the motion for this month’s Intelligence Squared U.S. debate – “The...

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Liberalism, Centrism, and Libertarianism

Erik Kain August 30, 2011

Since I have been called a “fake liberal” recently, I thought I’d delve into the subject once...

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There’s more than one way to skin a moderate

Erik Kain February 16, 2010

[Updated] Writing of Evan Bayh, Ross Douthat opines: America needs politicians who stake out interesting, politically-courageous positions...

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The politics of pettiness ctd.

Erik Kain February 13, 2010

Scott has a thoughtful follow-up to my anti-pettiness screed. I want to point out, however, that far...

The Radical, Certifiably Insane…Middle IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-tate.sir-arthegal-the-knight-of-justice-with-talus-the-iron-man-from-spensers-faerie-queene-194

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The Radical, Certifiably Insane…Middle

Mark of New Jersey January 8, 2010

I dare anyone to read today’s David Broder column and tell me that it is in any...

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Sacrificing Ideology at the Altar of Culture

Mark of New Jersey January 6, 2010

Jamelle writes: “In a lot of cases, the aim of liberals isn’t necessarily to massively expand the...

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The Anti-Broder Center

Mark of New Jersey December 4, 2009

Mark: Something I’ve been noticing lately is that the perjorative “centrist” has been getting applied with increasing...

Dark Matter in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025...just made a raging anti-Semite a refugee to the United States By that Logic we can "prove" that B…
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Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025The admin that takes anti-Semitism seriously (allegedly) just made a raging anti-Semite a refugee to…
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Jaybird in reply to DensityDuck on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Any given special-interest group has concerns that are serious and legitimate and, unfortunately, so…
Philip H on American Foreign Policy Drive-by: Houthis and the Blowfish EditionAs with so much of this administrations work, performative war works for people with short attention…
DensityDuck in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025"It’s not related to his arguments that we should primary useless Democrats in safe seats. It’s beca…
Jaybird in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025And, to be perfectly honest, removing Hogg from his seat not because "you can't sabotage Dems in goo…