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ONLINE NEWSLETTER: Selected E-mails to the Editor ARCHIVES: The Very Best of Radical Middle Access All Mark Satin Articles, 2005- 2009 Access All Mark Satin Articles, 1999- 2004 Access John Avlon Articles, 2004-2006 RADICAL MIDDLE, THE BOOK: RESPOND TO OUR ARTICLES AND VIEW OTHERS' RESPONSES: Feisty E-mails to the Editor, 2008 - 2009 Feisty E-mails to the Editor, 2007 Feisty E-mails to the Editor, 2006 Feisty E-mails to the Editor, 2005 Feisty Letters to the Editor, 2002-04 Feisty Letters to the Editor, 1999-2001 WHO WE ARE: About the Editor (In-House Version) About the Editor (By Marilyn Ferguson) About Our Sponsor, the Center for Visionary Law RADICAL MIDDLE CONGRES- SIONAL SCORECARDS: 109th and 110th Congresses (2005-08) RADICAL MIDDLE POLITICAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS: SOME PRIOR RADICAL MIDDLE BOOKS: 50 Best "Third Way" Books of the 1990s 25 Best "Transformational" Books of the 1980s 25 Best "New Age Politics" Books of the 1970s SOME PRIOR BOOKS BY MARK SATIN: New Options for America (book drawn from New Options News- letter, 1983-92) |
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links in the great center uprising" 50 Great Radical Centrist Political Blogs I. INTRODUCTORY NOTE FROM EDITOR MARK SATIN Hundreds if not thousands of blogs are radical middle in orientation now -- it may be the fastest-growing category of instant Internet political commentary! (By "radical middle" I mean you listen to & genuinely learn from all political perspectives, and USE your learnings to address our fundamental socio-economic problems in creative new ways.) The blogs we've linked to below strike me as not only radical middle but as unusually -- original, I've also included all the blogs cited by John Avlon in his 2006 article "Centrist Political Blogs Are On the Rise." John is author of Independent Nation (pbk. 2005), advisor to Radical Middle, and a true member of the Internet generation, having been born in 1973. I hate to sound churlish, but in my opinion NO political blog can do us much good unless we also read (a) books, and (b) a really good daily newspaper [see "Critique of Pure Blogging" elsewhere on this Website]. That being said. . . . ////////// II. MY 10 FAVES (AT THIS MOMENT) AmbivaBlog -- from Annie Gottlieb, author of Do You Believe in Magic?: The Second Coming of the Sixties Generation Donklephant -- from Justin Gardner, former editor of a Kansas City-based political newsletter How the World Is Really Run -- from David Rothkopf, author of Superclass (reviewed by us HERE) James Fallows Blog -- from James Fallows, national editor of the Atlantic Monthly (one of our top 10 radical-middle magazines; see HERE) Matt Miller's Blog -- from Matthew Miller, author of The Tyranny of Dead Ideas (2009) and The Two Percent Solution: Fixing America’s Problems in Ways Liberals and Conservatives Can Love (discussed by us HERE) Moderate Voice -- from Joe Gandelman, former San Diego Union staff writer Passport -- from the editors of Foreign Policy magazine (one of our top 10 radical-middle magazines; see HERE) Ross Douthat Blog -- from Ross Douthat, one of the thinkers pushing conservatism in a more radical centrist direction (see our article HERE) Ta-Nehisi Coates Blog -- from Ta-Nehisi Coates, former Village Voice staff writer & author of an extraordinary book about life in black America, The Beautiful Struggle Washington Note -- from Steve Clemons, Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation (Washington DC's great radical centrist think tank; see our conference report HERE) ////////// III. ANOTHER FAB 40 OR SO Abu Aardvark's Middle East Blog -- from Marc Lynch, associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University Across the Great Divide -- from Charlie Quimby, chair of the Minnesota Center for Book Arts Althouse -- from Ann Althouse, law professor at the University of Wisconsin American Scene -- from creative young conservatives Another Opinion -- from Paul Hosse, long-time Louisville KY community & political activist Argument -- from a changing mix of authors & policy analysts representing a variety of viewpoints Art Levine Confidential -- from Art Levine, Contributing Editor of The Washington Monthly (one of our top 10 radical-middle magazines, see HERE) Asymmetrical Information -- from Megan McArdle, thirtysomething writer on business, economics, government, and Life A View from the Radical Middle -- from Per Kurowski, former Executive Director of the World Bank for Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuela Booker Rising -- from Shamara Riley, 30something Chicagoan who swears by Booker T. Washington Camlaw Blog -- from Michael Cohen, author of Beyond Complementary Medicine: Legal and Ethical Perspectives on Health Care and Human Evolution Centerfield: A Weblog of Centrist Voices in American Politics -- from Rick Heller and other good people at the Centrist Coalition Charging RINO: A Centrist Voice in a Period of Extremism -- from Jeremy Dibbell (B.A. '04), self-described "voice of moderation in a period of extremism" Christopher Hitchens Web -- from Christopher Hitchens, author of Why Orwell Matters Daily Dish -- from Andrew Sullivan, former editor of The New Republic Daniel W. Drezner -- from Daniel Drezner, professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University Dead Armadillos -- from J.D. Whitlock, Medical Service Officer in the U.S. Air Force Democratic Strategist -- from Ed Kilgore, Ruy Teixeira, and other sensible and well-connected Beltway Democrats Eduwonk.com -- from Andrew Rotherham, co-director of Education Sector (education policy think tank) Gruntled Center: Faith and Family for Centrists -- from William (Beau) Weston, self-described "sociology professor . . . AND married father of three" Indistinct Union -- from Chris Dierkes, Gen-Y explorer of "unity consciousness and Christian life" Informed Comment: Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion -- from Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan Liberal War Journal -- from Rafique Tucker, self-described "center-left liberal who is pro-defense [and] anti-hysteria" Man in the Middle -- from James F. Strasma, educator and Methodist minister in suburban Chicago Moderate Voters -- from Gary Butts, a Southern California voter NDN Blog -- from Ilan Graff and others at NDN (formerly New Democrat Network) NeoMugwump -- from Dennis Sanders, "30something, gay, African American, Republican minister" in Minneapolis Neo-Neocon -- from a female therapist who claims she was mugged by 9/11 New Moderate -- from Rick Bayan, author of The Cynic's Dictionary OxBlog -- from young Americans who met as grad students at Oxford University in England Plank -- from Michelle Cottle and others at The New Republic Political Animal -- from Steve Benen and others at The Washington Monthly (one of our top 10 radical-middle magazines, see HERE) Radical Civility: An Experiment in Grace and Truth -- from Mark Grimsley, award-winning history professor at Ohio State University Radical Middle -- from Mark Satin, author of Radical Middle: The Politics We Need Now (described by us HERE) Random Fate -- from Jack Grant, scientist based in Ohio RConversation -- from Rebecca MacKinnon, "participatory media" scholar and activist Right Democrat -- from a Democrat who claims that "for too long both parties have ignored the concerns of working and middle class Americans" Stubborn Facts -- from the latest team of bloggers to join the Centrist Coalition (see "Centerfield" above) TomPeters! -- from Tom Peters, co-author of In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies Winds of Change -- from Joe Katzman, former Ernst & Young consultant, and Marc Danziger, consultant on "broken projects" ////////// IV. STILL NOT SATISFIED? See our list of over 250 Great Radical Centrist Groups and Organizations. |
THE RADICAL MIDDLE CONCEPT: 50 Thinkers and Activists DESCRIBE the Radical Middle 50 Best Radical Middle BOOKS of the '00s 10 Best Radical Middle MAGAZINES 25 Arguably Radical Middle POLITICIANS GREAT RADICAL MIDDLE GROUPS AND BLOGS: Over 250 Great Radical Centrist GROUPS and Organizations 50 Great Radical Centrist BLOGS NOT JUST RADICAL MIDDLE: 50 Current Political IDEOLOGIES Organizations REFLECTING 50 Political Ideologies 50 Current Political MANIFESTOS Fiction and Memoirs ABOUT Ideologies 25 RED- HOT RADICAL MIDDLE INITIATIVES: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Future 500 [corporations & NGOs] Information Technology & Innovation Foundation Institute for Alternative Futures Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies International Network on Therapeutic Jurisprudence National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation Republican Main Street Partnership SOME PRIOR RADICAL MIDDLE INITIATIVES: Generational Equity and Communitarian platforms,1990s U.S. Green Party's "Ten Key Values" statement, 1980s Civil Rights Movement, 1960s (your editor is HERE, 6th from bottom) |