Thursday, June 18, 2009

Thought for the Day: Adrienne Rich on Living Split

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It is an extremely painful way to live—split between a publicly acceptable persona, and a part of yourself that you perceive as the essenti...

Three-Fifths of All Persons: An Examination of the Effects of Dehumanization

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In the wake of the ruling by the California Supreme Court upholding the choice of voters in proposition 8 to amend the state constitution b...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Reclaiming Moral High Ground: Human Means Human, Foundational Ideals of Democracy

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Leah McElrath Renna at Huffington Post, re: President Obama's pending statements this evening, as he issues his memorandum about benef...

The Way Forward as the Way Backward: The Effects of a Leadership Vacuum as Societies Change Their Moral Minds

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I'd like to add a brief autobiographical gloss to what I wrote earlier today. What may not be apparent in my analysis of how societies...

When Pragmatic Calculation Overrides Moral Imperatives: The Demise of Fierce Activism (and Fraying of the Moral Claims on Which It Rests)

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Reports indicate that, in an attempt to address discontent among progressive supporters due to its inaction on its promises to address gay ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Thought for the Day: President Barack Obama on Human Rights as Foundation of Society

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The United States was founded on the idea that all people are endowed with inalienable rights, and that principle has allowed us to work to ...

Emma Ruby-Sachs: Not a Penny More for the Obama Administration

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Emma Ruby-Sachs on now as the time to withdraw funding from the DNC, and to send a letter to President Obama explaining that we won't b...