In Democratic Individuality, I argued that at a high level of abstraction, modern conservatives, liberals and radicals believe that the best economic, social and political institutions foster each person’s individuality. Their differences are largely empirical or social theoretical. All clash with modern authoritarians. I will take up practical issues such as torture and the lineage of the neocons and link them to larger issues in how we conceive a decent regime, locally and internationally.
My friend Rob Prince put up a very good post today on a visit to Jeanette Vizguerra’s sanctuary at the Unitarian Church at Denver, the racism of the INS – long one of the most horrific institutions of America – towards his grand-mother Sarah Magaziner, and the increasing fight against Bannon/Sessions/Miller/Trumpiola. Vizguerra is also an …