I am thrilled to report that I am
Economic Left/Right: -3.75
– and –
Social Libertarian/Au
…. on http://www.pol
Delightfully close to Gandhi & Mandela and mercifully far from Thatcher…. Hitler…W….
Innocence by association
ya gotta just read it
‘cuz I have nothing to add: the article is even more compelling than the title!:
WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN? [9.9.08]
By Jonathan Haidt
JONATHAN HAIDT is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia, where he does research on morality and emotion and how they vary across cultures. He is the author of The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom.
I thought that word had a negative connotation
Sure this is yet another of a myriad of moral hazard tales of late. But the differentiator to this specific story is how yet again, my hometown continues to engender a special kind of pride.
Alan R. Mulally, the chief executive of Ford, was even more upbeat. “It was a great day,” he said. When a reporter asked what Mr. Mulally might say to people who viewed the loan guarantees as a bailout, he replied in a chipper voice, “I would characterize it as an enabler.*”
* DB: emphasis added