Liberalism opposes absolutism

[Cross-posted from Heidi Li's Potpourri] In current American discourse, liberal is all too often equated with Democrat and conservative with Republican. But there are relatively illiberal Democrats and relatively liberal Republicans. Liberalism is a brand of thought that long predates the existence of the United States of America and both of its current political parties, [...]

No We Won’t Year in Review & Thank You & Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Puma’s, we certainly had a very interesting and unsettling year politically. In my little part of the PUMA movement, I created the blog talk radio show called No We Won’t. The first show aired was a half hour long and might be good primer for anyone who might wonder why any one [...]

May God Bless and Keep You Always!

You — my readers, my friends, my family — have been my rock, my sustenance, my touch stone throughout this year. As a community, we have all been that for each other — and for all of it, I give thanks. And May Your Year Be Sweet — Filled with Chocolate and Sweet Moments Who [...]

Thursday: Is The Confluence a liberal blog?

Duh!  Have you read our Credo? Yes, we are a liberal blog. But, but, but, some of you voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin. Believe me, that was not an easy decision for some of us.  Some of us cried afterwards.  But we made it clear that we didn’t vote for them because we [...]