If you haven’t been following my recent posts, I am in the midst of advocating for a third or alternative party that, in very general terms, would be socially conservative while combating economic inequality and social injustice with a more active role of the government in the economy. In my last post, I said that for this party Read More…
Category: independent
A More Perfect Union
I’ve spent the last few posts discussing how political parties and choosing sides in general can have some negative consequences, especially when there’s a lack of independent thought. However, I do firmly believe that it’s important to stand for and believe in something – but what should we believe in? I think a core problem Read More…
Morality in Public Policy
As a follow on to my last post, I’d like to talk a little about morality in public policy. I often wonder how so many people can be so convinced of the correctness of one particular course of action, public policy, or political party. I believe it often happens because politics gets tied into Read More…
Independent
As you may have noticed in my writing, I’ve purposefully avoided allegiance to any particular political party. In fact I’ve made quite an effort to show that one party doesn’t have all the answers. I’ve questioned for some time whether or not this is an effective means of political participation. I believe that party Read More…
Sanity
I wrote not long ago about a day when current events and the news in general gave me great cause for concern. Today the opposite happened; my daily trek through the news gave me a spark of optimism that I’d like to share. I believe strongly in the need for political moderation and cooperation, and Read More…
My Vote
With an election just around the corner, I’ve been searching for the candidates I want to vote for. I haven’t found any – and I’d imagine some of you may feel the same. I spent some time wondering why this is, why my vote seems to always go to the person I feel will cause Read More…