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The Left, the Right and the Center

By Jim Bauman December 31, 2022Opinions and EditorialsConservatism, Democrats, Politics, Progressivism, Republicans, Socialism, Trump

We're a politically polarized country and, with the exception of a relatively small number of centrists, people align themselves with the political left or the political right. This article plants itself squarely on the left and presents that side of the issue. Feel free to disagree.

A More Perfect Union

By Jim Bauman December 31, 2022Opinions and EditorialsConservatism, Constitution, Progressivism, Trickle-down economics

The More Perfect Union we're promised in the Constitution is a work in progress. It's been on-going for more than two centuries and we're still not done yet. Making some progress maybe, but it's like two steps forward, one step back. This is the argument for progressive thinking in government and society.

Realigning the Middle

By Jim Bauman December 31, 2022Opinions and EditorialsConservatism, Identify politics, Polarization, Political discourse, Progressivism

This column was a reaction piece to the nastiness of political discourse, but also a defense of so-called identify politics when the current political atmosphere is so disregarding of the rights and welfare of certain groups.