This short Crosscut is about basic rights, and how conservatives and progressives prioritize them. 
What I came away with is that I see private property rights as something that must be protected if we’re to remain free, and Charlie  feels that "human rights" (government action to preserve health and well-being) as more important. 
It’s obvious […]

My liberal pal Charlie’s views are most in line with Dennis Kucinich, according to Select a Candidate™.
I matched up best with Ron Paul. 
Kucinich was the last on my list… I wonder if Ron Paul was last on Charlie’s?

This Crosscut between Charlie Quimby and I was about politics and religion; namely, Christianity.
I’m a Christian, Charlie’s an Atheist, but as you’ll see, we both take issue with the over-involvement of religion in the American political system. 
Charlie: We’ve both written about the injection of religion into this presidential campaign, and neither one of […]

This Crosscut centers around human-induced global warming, religion, and touches on some economic facets of the current environmental movement. 
Charlie entitled this “Earth Religion vs. Dollar Religion“, and I see his point.  Each of our core beliefs can mutate into something that resembles a “religion”. 
I tried to think of a catchy, pertinent title, but I […]

Charlie and I picked up another Crosscut, this time about Ron Paul.  It actually started out as a casual email, and wound up being what I believe to be an interesting conversation.
It seems to me that where Charlie and I differ the most centers around where government powers should lie.  I believe that less federal […]

As I mentioned earlier, I’m not very proud of this Crosscut.  If you’re interested in reading it, it’s about education tax credits and school vouchers.  I found this discussion to be very frustrating, mainly because I believe that schools should be frugal with our tax dollars, and learn to live within a budget. 
In my […]

I haven’t felt like posting the last couple of days.  It isn’t that there isn’t anything out there that hasn’t sparked my interest, I think I just needed a break.
This week was an eventful one.  I celebrated my thirty-third birthday, ate some great sushi at Murasaki in Stillwater, Minnesota (which I’m convinced has the best […]

In our second ‘Crosscut’, Charlie Quimby and I began  discussing my view of using taxation to alleviate a sense of guilt.  We didn’t stick to task, and instead found ourselves in an intriguing conversation about progressives’ wish for societal ‘fairness’, and conservatives’ desire of preserving freedom.  I wanted to come up with a different title […]