Author: Tom Kertes

Cross posted at my blog MoralMeaning.com. The pain of war is so great that many Americans want to comfort those involved by supporting a form of collective denial. The fact is that war is carried out not by the President and his...

Yesterday I posted a diary that I think was not clear to many who read and responded to it.  Perhaps I explained too much, or took too long to get to my point.  In the interest of clarification, here is what I believe:...

Cross posted at MoralMeaning.com. I have struggled for some time about how to be both a radical liberal activist and someone who is opposed to abortion on moral grounds.  Part of my struggle has to do with conflicting...

Cross-posted at my blog MoralMeaning.com The Moral Leftist:Advances moral valuesSeeks to apply consistent moral principlesBelieves in universal truthsDe-emphasizes tolerance Advances moral values For the Moral Leftist it is the...

I use the term “Moral Left” to make a distinction between the Old Left of interest and patron-based politics and the New Left of value-based politics.  In truth, the Moral Left is not so much new as it is more...