I Love this Article!

[volinbham]

not because it trashed Thomas Friedman - I consider that a bonus.

I love it because it persuasively argues that those advocating for a radical third way are really just Big Government devotees without recognizing it. The non-ideologues are in fact ideologues.

The Simpletons - Reason Magazine

Do something. Is there a two-word phrase in politics more loaded with disguised ideological content? Embedded within is both an urgent call for powerful government action and an up-front declaration that the policy details don’t matter. The bigger the crisis, the more the urgency, the sparser the detail.

Fortunately for Brooks—and unfortunately for us—there is a distinct third way. Though vague on details, it involves increased taxes (especially on energy), short-term spending boosts, long-term entitlement cuts, and roughly the same foreign policy commitments as today. It calls for renewed citizen engagement, a return to political civility, and a rejection of coarse cynicism. Better teachers, trained workers, and cleaner air. Although advocated by pundits from all over the traditional political spectrum, the program is remarkably uniform when it comes to giving the government more power. Just don’t call it ideological.

 

[n_huffhines]

not because it trashed Thomas Friedman - I consider that a bonus.

I love it because it persuasively argues that those advocating for a radical third way are really just Big Government devotees without recognizing it. The non-ideologues are in fact ideologues.

The Simpletons - Reason Magazine

Someone other than myself linked to Reason????!!!!!

 

[RespectTradition]

Somehow I missed this one in my rss feed. Good catch.