I am a liberal.
I am not ashamed of my liberalism, and I respect conservatives and their conservatism.
A conservative is not my enemy; a conservative is my opponent. I distiguish between enemies and opponents this way: Enemies try to destroy one another; opponents work to change the others' attitudes, opinions and beliefs.
I seek dialogue, not anger; clarity and concreteness, not abstractions and plattitudes.
I believe that beliefs lead to action and actions have consequences. What I know now differs from what I knew in the past; what I believe now differs from what I believed then.
I am sometimes wrong.
The next posting will be more substantial.
