Sorry if I'm repeating myself, but I am deeply sad at the demise of The Liberal Patriot. I have identified as a Democrat since the 1964 presidential election, but have been dismayed at the party's shift away from what I would term "liberal democratic" priorities. For what it's worth, I have upped my Persuasion subscription to Founding Member.
I too will up my subscription to Persuasion! Honest debate is so needed in a democracy.
It seems to me that there is some investigative digging that could be done on this story. Who are the big groups, the big money and the big foundations that push the democratic party to the extreme left? Spanberger in VA seems to be an example. She campaigned as a moderate, in a state that had elected Republican Youngkin 4 years ago. But now she is putting in place all sorts of extremist DNC policies, mostly through EO's. . She seems to be following a playbook written elsewhere.
Who wrote those EO's ? Who is running the democratic "machine." Its a combination of PACs, Super PACs, think tanks and big donors. But why is it constantly moving left? Why doesn't it want voices like Liberal Patriot?
Yes, sad about the Liberal Patriot. I will miss especially Ruy Teixiera, but perhaps he will publish elsewhere.
A few months ago, I started my own blog, The Passionate Centrist by Marty Lowy. It is self-funded and independent, but I think my values in general accord with Persuasion's. Much of what I write about is not directly political or philosophical. It tends to be about finance and related subjects, since that is where my background is strongest. At this time, my posts are free. I would appreciate any help you can give me in building my subscribers list.
I am not a Democrat and never was, but I subscribed to the Liberal Patriot and to this publication because I believe in reasoned debate and discussion between people of different viewpoints. I read liberal publications to find out what the other side is thinking.
As someone else commented, I too will miss Ruy Teixiera and hope he will publish elsewhere.
The loss of The Liberal Patriot is no small thing. The country needs a strong center-left party and the current leadership is failing. The party will not succeed without friendly criticism and a willingness to correct failures. TLP provided that criticism thoughtfully and consistently.
I am a Founding Member subscriber to Persuasion because I believe in the mission. I believed in the TLP mission as well. We are worse off without it.
Sorry if I'm repeating myself, but I am deeply sad at the demise of The Liberal Patriot. I have identified as a Democrat since the 1964 presidential election, but have been dismayed at the party's shift away from what I would term "liberal democratic" priorities. For what it's worth, I have upped my Persuasion subscription to Founding Member.
It is indeed very sad.
Thank you so much for becoming a Founding Member - it's thanks to readers like you that we can do what we do!
I too will up my subscription to Persuasion! Honest debate is so needed in a democracy.
It seems to me that there is some investigative digging that could be done on this story. Who are the big groups, the big money and the big foundations that push the democratic party to the extreme left? Spanberger in VA seems to be an example. She campaigned as a moderate, in a state that had elected Republican Youngkin 4 years ago. But now she is putting in place all sorts of extremist DNC policies, mostly through EO's. . She seems to be following a playbook written elsewhere.
Who wrote those EO's ? Who is running the democratic "machine." Its a combination of PACs, Super PACs, think tanks and big donors. But why is it constantly moving left? Why doesn't it want voices like Liberal Patriot?
Yes, sad about the Liberal Patriot. I will miss especially Ruy Teixiera, but perhaps he will publish elsewhere.
A few months ago, I started my own blog, The Passionate Centrist by Marty Lowy. It is self-funded and independent, but I think my values in general accord with Persuasion's. Much of what I write about is not directly political or philosophical. It tends to be about finance and related subjects, since that is where my background is strongest. At this time, my posts are free. I would appreciate any help you can give me in building my subscribers list.
I am not a Democrat and never was, but I subscribed to the Liberal Patriot and to this publication because I believe in reasoned debate and discussion between people of different viewpoints. I read liberal publications to find out what the other side is thinking.
As someone else commented, I too will miss Ruy Teixiera and hope he will publish elsewhere.
The loss of The Liberal Patriot is no small thing. The country needs a strong center-left party and the current leadership is failing. The party will not succeed without friendly criticism and a willingness to correct failures. TLP provided that criticism thoughtfully and consistently.
I am a Founding Member subscriber to Persuasion because I believe in the mission. I believed in the TLP mission as well. We are worse off without it.