Another Take On J.S. Mill From “Liberal England”

Full post here. 

Why have so many people promoting gender and racial equality been allowed to pass as mainstream liberals…and not have to answer for the inherent threat their ideas can pose to our liberal democracy and the institutions that support it?

It’s a good question.  

Key quote:

“More recently Richard Rorty made an attractive attempt to reconcile the most avant-garde postmodern theory with a defence of the institutions of the Western liberal democracies, but the Mill of On Liberty still reigns supreme.”

See Also: What Can Liberalism Be? Much More Than It Is Now.

 

Jim Webb On NPR-Obama/Webb 2008?

Full piece here.

Democratic Senator Jim Webb of Virginia tells a bit of his own story (an experienced writer) and what it’s like to be in the Senate. He’s been a marine, Secretary of the Navy, a novelist and now a senator.

An Obama/Webb ticket?

by gloperflicker

Addition:  Sullivan has more on Webb here.  “No benefit to anyone can come from women serving in combat.”  Marines say a lot of things during training and service.  Is this a stain on his ability to be a good VP?