idealism

Shake your fists, then get real

by Karoli on December 16, 2009 · 20 comments

As long-time readers know, my daughter (Ms. Dancer) is a competitive dancer. She has competed in world, national and regional competitions. Like all kids competing at her level, she discovered early on that even if she outdanced the competition, she could still lose because the judges liked the look of the other dancer, their hair, [...]

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On leaving the left, compromise, and dialogue

by Karoli on December 9, 2009 · 13 comments

First thing this morning before the coffee machine died and the phone started ringing off the hook with surprise distractions, there was a twitter direct message in my inbox. All it said was “Read this.” It was Andrew Sullivan’s collection of posts written by frustrated Democrats mirroring those written about leaving the right, decrying the [...]

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