James PeroninThe Radical CenterThe Alternative of Market LiberalismMarket liberalism establishes a basic principle for how people should deal with one another: all interaction should be by mutual consent…4d ago14d ago1
James PeroninThe Radical CenterThe Incoherent, Addled TrumpRepublicans and desperate journalists take any incident where Biden misspeaks as proof he has dementia. But Trump routinely gives long…Jul 17Jul 17
James PeroninThe Radical CenterA Lifetime of ProgressI suspect it is pretty safe for me to assume most of you don’t really think of the year 1954. Even in a historical or newsworthy sense it…Jul 8Jul 8
James PeroninThe Radical CenterHate Speech is Ugly and ComplicatedThe older I get the more I realize how complex reality can be. Recently I reread something I wrote a few decades back and realized how…Jul 1Jul 1
James PeroninThe Radical CenterGoldwater’s Warning to GOP Came TrueBarry Goldwater, the 1964 Republican nominee for President, was known as Mr. Conservative. But his widely acknowledged brand of…Jun 272Jun 272
James PeroninThe Radical CenterTraitors to the American TraditionWe face a threat to traditional American values, not from the Left but from the extreme Right. The new authoritarians who have taken…Jun 212Jun 212
James PeroninThe Radical CenterThe Good News About Crime is Bad News for SomeI realize the headline sounds a lot like a contradiction but it isn’t. Crime has been plummeting for decades and 2023 stats, and data to…Jun 11Jun 11