I'll second RAH's comment. Personally, I've appreciated Bari's take on where Democrats, Biden, and Liberals (to use the 3 things you mentioned) might be going off course. Not many Republicans commented negatively on the excesses of the Reagan Administration, and it opened the door for Newt Gingrich and others to begin the decay that has …
I'll second RAH's comment. Personally, I've appreciated Bari's take on where Democrats, Biden, and Liberals (to use the 3 things you mentioned) might be going off course. Not many Republicans commented negatively on the excesses of the Reagan Administration, and it opened the door for Newt Gingrich and others to begin the decay that has led to today's pitiful state. The Democrats are nowhere near the intellectual sclerosis that has overtaken the GOP. I nonetheless see the same dark forces stifling debate on important questions in the party, and just like the GOP could have in the 1980s and 1990s, we now have the chance to redeem the party before it goes off the rails.
Democrats are a far more diverse group, but there's also an orthodoxy creeping in to their discussions that is stifling proper debate on important world issues. I appreciate the people in their parties who are critics of their parties. Bari does this for the Democrats, and I would say the same for John Kasich and others in the GOP disgusted by the terrible things going on in the GOP right now.
Regardless, I'm in disagreement on the part of your comment that accuses this of being anti-Democrat, etc.... Dissent is often the highest form of loyalty, and dissent is being expressed on this page.
I'm with you that I'd like to hear more of Bari's writing. I'm nonetheless appreciative of the opportunity to find other critical voices to listen to. And Bari might be building something bigger with this site, not just writing. I'm interested to see what comes next. But I, too, encourage her to write more.
I'll second RAH's comment. Personally, I've appreciated Bari's take on where Democrats, Biden, and Liberals (to use the 3 things you mentioned) might be going off course. Not many Republicans commented negatively on the excesses of the Reagan Administration, and it opened the door for Newt Gingrich and others to begin the decay that has led to today's pitiful state. The Democrats are nowhere near the intellectual sclerosis that has overtaken the GOP. I nonetheless see the same dark forces stifling debate on important questions in the party, and just like the GOP could have in the 1980s and 1990s, we now have the chance to redeem the party before it goes off the rails.
Democrats are a far more diverse group, but there's also an orthodoxy creeping in to their discussions that is stifling proper debate on important world issues. I appreciate the people in their parties who are critics of their parties. Bari does this for the Democrats, and I would say the same for John Kasich and others in the GOP disgusted by the terrible things going on in the GOP right now.
Regardless, I'm in disagreement on the part of your comment that accuses this of being anti-Democrat, etc.... Dissent is often the highest form of loyalty, and dissent is being expressed on this page.
I'm with you that I'd like to hear more of Bari's writing. I'm nonetheless appreciative of the opportunity to find other critical voices to listen to. And Bari might be building something bigger with this site, not just writing. I'm interested to see what comes next. But I, too, encourage her to write more.