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Andrew Bard Schmookler's website www.nonesoblind.org is devoted to understanding the roots of America's present moral crisis and the means by which the urgent challenge of this dangerous moment can be met. Dr. Schmookler is also the author of such books as The Parable of the Tribes: The Problem of Power in Social Evolution (SUNY Press) and Debating the Good Society: A Quest to Bridge America's Moral Divide (M.I.T. Press). He also conducts regular talk-radio conversations in both red and blue states. OpEdNews Member for 154 week(s) and 6 day(s) 301 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 141 Comments, 0 Diaries, 0 Polls
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141 comments
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 9:49:28 AM
Article: "Combatting Republican Propaganda Is Core to Addressing ALL O"
THAT'S What I'm Talkin' About
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 1:10:32 PM
Article: "In Defense of (Some) Pornography"
In Defense of SOME Pornography
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 10:58:20 PM
Article: "Chill Out about Hillary?"
log in the eye
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 5:36:18 PM
Article: "Chill Out about Hillary?"
concern for the truth
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 9:29:56 PM
Article: "I, Too, Have Been Damaged by the Evil Bushite Forces"
portfolios?
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 5:11:24 PM
Article: "I, Too, Have Been Damaged by the Evil Bushite Forces"
Evil to the core?
Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 11:27:42 AM
Article: "Making the Race One about Spiritual Transformation"
"spiritual transformation" by other names
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 5:47:16 PM
Article: ""Long National Nightmare" is What Obama Should Be Talking Ab"
Oh, so now he's a Muslim again
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 11:36:11 AM
Article: ""Long National Nightmare" is What Obama Should Be Talking Ab"
two points
Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 10:42:13 AM
Article: "It's Time for John Edwards to Get Off the Fence and Help End"
Easy money for you!
Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 12:28:11 AM
Article: "It's Time for John Edwards to Get Off the Fence and Help End"
what smear?
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 10:02:00 PM
Article: "It's Time for John Edwards to Get Off the Fence and Help End"
MLK analogy has a gaping hole in it
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 7:58:39 PM
Article: "It's Time for John Edwards to Get Off the Fence and Help End"
That's not what understand happened
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 7:06:17 PM
Article: "It's Time for John Edwards to Get Off the Fence and Help End"
you may know better, but
Friday, April 18, 2008 at 7:59:17 PM
Article: "Dear Barack: Non Carborundum Illegitimatum"
You may be right, I'm no Latin scholar
Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 11:45:00 AM
Article: "The Assignment Now (As I See It)"
Funny you should mention
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 5:12:25 PM
Article: "The Assignment Now (As I See It)"
leadership is both words and actions
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 2:56:11 PM
Article: "The Assignment Now (As I See It)"
those who don't learn from history
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 11:45:17 AM
Article: "The Assignment Now (As I See It)"
No, it's something that's evidently not on your map
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 9:06:39 PM
Article: "The Assignment Now (As I See It)"
telepathic powers
Monday, March 10, 2008 at 12:01:58 PM
Article: "Metaphor and Reality"
Tinkerbell
Friday, March 7, 2008 at 6:02:08 AM
Article: "Here's How Obama Should Fight Back"
information and misinformation and disinformation
Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 11:10:09 PM
Article: "Here's How Obama Should Fight Back"
Slugfest
Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 12:19:21 PM
Article: "Obama Is Not Naive About Power"
I think that's entirely possible
Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 12:07:00 PM
Article: "Obama Is Not Naive About Power"
Prepare
Friday, February 8, 2008 at 4:06:38 PM
Article: "The Wholeness of Nature"
Thanks
Friday, February 8, 2008 at 10:01:27 AM
Article: "The Wholeness of Nature"
"objective music"
Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 9:34:31 PM
Article: "Why I'm for Obama: Only He Can Shift the Correlation of For"
You may be right, but...
Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 1:28:30 PM
Article: "Why I'm for Obama: Only He Can Shift the Correlation of For"
It's a matter of what one sees in the faces
Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 11:44:27 AM
Article: "Why I'm for Obama: Only He Can Shift the Correlation of For"
more on clarke
Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 11:40:37 AM
Article: "Why I'm for Obama: Only He Can Shift the Correlation of For"
more than that
Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 11:38:40 AM
Article: "Why I'm for Obama: Only He Can Shift the Correlation of For"
false quation
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 10:57:40 PM
Article: ""So Did Jesse Jackson": Clinton's Tactics Backfire in South"
Oh
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 11:56:27 AM
Article: ""So Did Jesse Jackson": Clinton's Tactics Backfire in South"
people can be wrong without being hypocrites
Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 11:37:39 PM
Article: ""So Did Jesse Jackson": Clinton's Tactics Backfire in South"
hypocratic agenda
Friday, January 18, 2008 at 4:38:50 PM
Article: "No Man is an Island"
The nature of the prophecy
Monday, January 7, 2008 at 9:15:03 PM
Article: "SEEING THINGS WHOLE: Launching a New Project"
the Wholeness of the Biosphere
Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 11:42:05 PM
Article: "What is This "Cowardly Act" Bit About?"
Thank you for your good contribution, Mr. Halfhill
Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 11:55:33 AM
Article: "What is This "Cowardly Act" Bit About?"
A Form of Denial: Offering an Interpretation of My Own
Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 3:14:39 PM
Article: "The Loss of the Ideal, the Failure of the Heroic"
Courage
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 11:07:50 PM
Article: "Honoring the Presidency Requires Dishonoring this President"
Hard to tell what you're responding to
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 8:49:33 PM
Article: "Honoring the Presidency Requires Dishonoring this President"
Impeachment is not my subject here
Monday, November 12, 2007 at 10:08:08 AM
Article: "Attack Iran, Get Impeached: An Idea from Ken Mayers"
We agree it shouldn't be a matter of drawing a line now
Monday, November 12, 2007 at 8:45:58 AM
Article: "Attack Iran, Get Impeached: An Idea from Ken Mayers"
Cheap blackmail to insist that the Constitution...
Sunday, November 11, 2007 at 6:41:36 PM
Article: "Attack Iran, Get Impeached: An Idea from Ken Mayers"
Funny, but I think you've got it backwards
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 11:16:04 AM
Article: "How Congress Should Deal with the Iran Issue"
Perhaps they care about
Monday, November 5, 2007 at 10:35:57 AM
Article: "Feinstein and Shumer Are Dangerously Wrong"
You're right, but the bigger issue is...
Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 10:33:14 PM
Article: "Feinstein and Shumer Are Dangerously Wrong"
Interpretations
Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 7:17:43 PM
Article: "Feinstein and Shumer Are Dangerously Wrong"
Did you ever respond...?
Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 4:46:25 PM
Article: "Feinstein and Shumer Are Dangerously Wrong"
How, and then what?
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 4:34:45 PM
Article: "OK, Don't Run, Al Gore; But Do Speak Out!"
Gore's recent posture
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 12:22:07 AM
Article: "OK, Don't Run, Al Gore; But Do Speak Out!"
Please help me on this
Monday, October 29, 2007 at 10:55:33 AM
Article: "When Bush Accuses the Dems of "Wasting Time""
You're right
Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 11:44:22 PM
Article: "When Bush Accuses the Dems of "Wasting Time""
the cost of indulging the wrathful mind
Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 11:21:51 AM
Article: "When Bush Accuses the Dems of "Wasting Time""
Lighting candles and cursing darkness
Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 10:35:21 AM
Article: "When Bush Accuses the Dems of "Wasting Time""
be that as it may
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 6:13:14 PM
Article: "A True Patriot Watches A Perfect Anti-Democracy Storm Reach"
What to Do? What we can!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 3:36:27 PM
Article: "A True Patriot Watches A Perfect Anti-Democracy Storm Reach"
Why would one entrust today's America to revise the Const.?
Friday, October 12, 2007 at 10:12:19 AM
Article: "John Wayne as an American Archetypal Figure"
the archetype, not the man
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 1:13:03 PM
Article: "Explaining the Weakness of the Dems in Spiritual Terms"
The Bushites are beyond the problem of serving money
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 12:32:24 PM
Article: "Explaining the Weakness of the Dems in Spiritual Terms"
Widespread but implausible belief
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 10:55:02 AM
Article: "Explaining the Weakness of the Dems in Spiritual Terms"
Were all those primary voters in on this conspiracy?
Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 6:11:12 PM
Article: "Explaining the Weakness of the Dems in Spiritual Terms"
I faced that issue
Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 2:50:30 PM
Article: "The Betrayal of the Disabled NFL Veterans"
I am not sure
Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 11:15:57 AM
Article: "The Betrayal of the Disabled NFL Veterans"
What I appreciate about your comment, Griz,
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 1:12:59 PM
Article: "Exploring the Spirit(s) of Our Times"
Let a hundred strategies bloom
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 10:03:22 AM
Article: "Exploring the Spirit(s) of Our Times"
where do you see the opening, Panurg
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at 9:23:24 PM
Article: "An Alternative to Impeachment"
The tides of despair
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at 8:19:54 PM
Article: "An Alternative to Impeachment"
There's more to the American electorate than Bush's diehards
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at 6:33:03 PM
Article: "An Alternative to Impeachment"
Heroism is generally found in the singular
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at 6:18:07 PM
Article: "The Bushite Era as a Re-Enactment of the American Civil War"
There's a pattern here, but it isn't necessarily about race
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at 10:53:23 AM
Article: "The Bushite Era as a Re-Enactment of the American Civil War"
I'll stand by my analysis here
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at 11:22:25 AM
Article: "Hey, Media! You Should Be Putting the Impeachment Story Fro"
The Watergate Contrast
Monday, July 16, 2007 at 3:32:29 PM
Article: "Impeachment: The Time Has Come!"
the rule of law
Monday, July 16, 2007 at 1:52:55 PM
Article: "Impeachment: The Time Has Come!"
Convert?
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 10:09:17 AM
Article: "Do We Not All Want This?"
Oh
Monday, June 25, 2007 at 10:38:03 PM
Article: "Do We Not All Want This?"
The point is, this is what we DON'T have now
Monday, June 25, 2007 at 6:05:44 PM
Article: "Do We Not All Want This?"
Sure
Monday, June 25, 2007 at 1:01:34 PM
Article: "Do We Not All Want This?"
Additions
Friday, May 25, 2007 at 2:26:25 PM
Article: "Why Didn't You Stand Your Ground, Mr. Carter?"
so simple as that?
Friday, May 11, 2007 at 11:44:05 PM
Article: "The Limits of Outrage-- Part II"
The idea that "you can't have it both ways"
Friday, May 11, 2007 at 1:46:52 PM
Article: "The Limits of Outrage --Part I"
You might be right
Friday, May 11, 2007 at 12:35:31 PM
Article: "The Limits of Outrage --Part I"
Begging the question
Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 2:54:37 PM
Article: "The Limits of Outrage --Part I"
interpretations
Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at 9:08:36 PM
Article: "The Difference Between Bush and Blair"
Much truth here, but...
Tuesday, May 8, 2007 at 9:19:52 PM
Article: "How Does the Moral Order of the World Work?"
Bushites
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 4:52:22 PM
Article: "Fear Factor I: A Few General Thoughts on Fear in the Human"
Goebbels was no Freudian
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 4:48:32 PM
Article: "Fear Factor I: A Few General Thoughts on Fear in the Human"
Yes, the technology of destruction changes things
Friday, March 23, 2007 at 2:37:21 PM
Article: "Why I'm Less Afraid Now"
Delusions and Consequences
Monday, March 5, 2007 at 5:22:03 PM
Article: "Mutual Contempt: A Portrait of Polarized America"
Love vs. Contempt
Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 11:07:34 PM
Article: "Bogus Arguments: My Next Radio Show in Bush Country"
I know what you mean
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 8:11:16 PM
Article: "It's Got to Be Gore-- Part IV: The Essential Quality that M"
How could it have ever happened
Monday, February 19, 2007 at 10:31:10 PM
Article: "Is Al Gore a Man of VIsion: An Exchange"
Let me address some of your challenges, RIchM
Monday, February 19, 2007 at 8:33:34 PM
Article: "Is Al Gore a Man of VIsion: An Exchange"
If I understand how power works, you'd better be wrong
Monday, February 19, 2007 at 7:58:51 PM
Article: "Is Al Gore a Man of VIsion: An Exchange"
That's not how it looks to me, Panurg
Monday, February 19, 2007 at 6:34:18 PM
Article: "It's Got to Be Gore-- Part IV: The Essential Quality that M"
Envision possibilities
Monday, February 19, 2007 at 6:02:01 PM
Article: "It's Got to Be Gore-- Part IV: The Essential Quality that M"
Don't worry
Monday, February 19, 2007 at 3:34:17 PM
Article: "It's Got to Be Gore-- Part IV: The Essential Quality that M"
Two ways it's not a contradiction
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 12:27:33 PM
Article: "It's Got to Be Gore: Part II– What Does it Make Sense to Hop"
Wishful thinking is another word for "Hope"
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 5:54:45 PM
Article: "It's Got to Be Gore: Part II– What Does it Make Sense to Hop"
Here are two quotes from the essay you just read
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 4:33:31 PM
Article: "It's Got to Be Gore: Part II– What Does it Make Sense to Hop"
Could be, but on the other hand
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 2:17:23 PM
Article: "It's Got to Be Gore: Part II– What Does it Make Sense to Hop"
I don't get the deal
Monday, February 12, 2007 at 11:26:33 PM
Article: "It's Got to Be Gore: Part I– The Challenge Facing the Next P"
A choice of phrases
Thursday, February 8, 2007 at 5:16:30 PM
Article: "Ideologues or Swindlers? The Media's Subliminal Message"
completely indifferent to the truth
Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 10:45:49 AM
Article: "How Congress Can Speed the Downfall of the Bushites"
Yes, and
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 5:22:33 PM
Article: "How to Cope with the Bushites' "Who Lost Iraq?" Game"
The only question is, how to defeat these guys
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 11:14:09 AM
Article: "How to Cope with the Bushites' "Who Lost Iraq?" Game"
"Paean to inactivity" is a misreading
Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 1:10:54 PM
Article: "Are you Interested in Winning, or Only in Grand Postures? A"
Ardee, more power to you
Friday, January 19, 2007 at 10:29:27 PM
Article: "Are you Interested in Winning, or Only in Grand Postures? A"
As defined a path as one has in running a fast break
Friday, January 19, 2007 at 5:23:27 PM
Article: "Are you Interested in Winning, or Only in Grand Postures? A"
"Off the table"?
Friday, January 19, 2007 at 3:38:58 PM
Article: "Are you Interested in Winning, or Only in Grand Postures? A"
The "Hail Mary" pass is no mid-game strategy
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at 1:51:21 PM
Article: "Understanding Israeli Motives"
It would be good to respond to what I say, not what I don't
Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 1:00:32 PM
Article: "Can't You See? Crucial Differences Too Many on the Left Seem"
It's OK with me if you hold your nose
Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 12:30:22 AM
Article: "Can't You See? Crucial Differences Too Many on the Left Seem"
Fascists have been defeated
Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 7:52:36 PM
Article: "Can't You See? Crucial Differences Too Many on the Left Seem"
Inescapable Responsibility
Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 7:39:23 PM
Article: "Can't You See? Crucial Differences Too Many on the Left Seem"
It's not a matter of liking them
Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 2:44:33 PM
Article: "Can't You See? Crucial Differences Too Many on the Left Seem"
"End of story" chooses to leave out too much
Monday, January 1, 2007 at 10:55:17 PM
Article: "Our Next President Needs to Be Well-Seasoned"
Planning a Kitchen Renovation While the House Burns Down
Monday, January 1, 2007 at 8:57:31 PM
Article: "Our Next President Needs to Be Well-Seasoned"
The biggest error on the left
Monday, January 1, 2007 at 5:39:35 PM
Article: "Our Next President Needs to Be Well-Seasoned"
"What the hell is a Bushite?"
Friday, December 29, 2006 at 9:32:23 PM
Article: "Abusive Families and the Pattern of Fascism"
Thank you, Mark
Monday, December 18, 2006 at 11:00:06 PM
Article: "Reason and Emotion in the Anti-Bushite Movement, Or, Hey Dem"
No difference? Get real.
Friday, December 8, 2006 at 6:26:05 PM
Article: "The Democrats and the Anti-Bushite Movement: How This Impor"
What's relevant here, and what's not
Thursday, December 7, 2006 at 6:10:53 PM
Article: "The Democrats and the Anti-Bushite Movement: How This Impor"
Do you believe that the Bushites are nothing different?
Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 12:52:54 PM
Article: "The Democrats and the Anti-Bushite Movement: How This Impor"
The point is, don't throw out our one truly powerful tool
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 12:27:55 AM
Article: "Corporations, Corprocrats, and Saving our Democracy from Tho"
Right the first time
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 12:18:39 AM
Article: "Corporations, Corprocrats, and Saving our Democracy from Tho"
Picking the Right Battles at the Right Time
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 5:44:49 PM
Article: "None of the Above"
You may be right, but
Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 12:51:18 AM
Article: "The Fault Lies Not in Our Stars ("Luckless Nation") But in"
Why this darkness?
Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 3:12:04 PM
Article: "The Fault Lies Not in Our Stars ("Luckless Nation") But in"
Luck and Leadership
Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 11:01:27 AM
Article: "The Criterion for Victory Today"
Yes, both houses would be better
Monday, November 6, 2006 at 9:28:59 PM
Article: "The Fault Lies Not in Our Stars ("Luckless Nation") But in"
The Crisis and the Bushites: What's Their Relationship?
Monday, October 30, 2006 at 3:00:19 PM
Article: "This Time --Unlike the Other Time Evil Wrought Havoc on Amer"
slavery's supposed need to expand
Monday, September 18, 2006 at 7:06:26 PM
Article: "An Open Letter to My Old Harvard Classmate, Tom Ridge"
Putting the Pieces Together
Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at 1:52:46 PM
Article: "Shameless: A Word the Dems Should Now Introduce Thus"
what shameless means
Monday, August 7, 2006 at 3:28:02 PM
Article: "The Message in the Coming Lieberman Defeat: It's More than t"
Bush's Impact on America's Image in the World
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 at 5:28:03 PM
Article: "How George Bush Has Weakened America, and How that Explains"
Enough "Blame" to Go Around
Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 1:33:26 PM
Article: "How George Bush Has Weakened America, and How that Explains"
Vacuum plus
Monday, July 10, 2006 at 2:56:57 PM
Diary: "Open Discussion Thread: Israel, Palestine, Criticism, Antis"
What too Many People on the Left Seem Unmindful Of
Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 2:57:16 PM
Article: "FIGHTING FOR THE SOUL OF OUR COUNTRY! --A Battle Cry for Our"
"Fighting for the Soul of Our Country" as a Larger Context
Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at 4:52:44 PM
Article: "Tipping Point/Point of No Return"
a dangerous equivalence