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RADICAL MIDDLE  CONGRES- SIONAL SCORECARDS:

109th and 110th Congresses (2005-08)

108th Congress (2003 & 2004)

107th Congress (2001 & 2002)

RADICAL MIDDLE POLITICAL BOOK AWARD WINNERS:

1998 - Present

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)

New Age Politics: Healing Self and Society, 1976

Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada, 1968

"Great source for other links in the great center uprising."
-- Annie Gottlieb, AmbivaBlog, February 24, 2005

Over 50 Great Radical Centrist Political Blogs

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,
-- thoughtful,
-- guileless,
-- information-rich, and / or
-- smart.

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.

Finally, I've included all blogs that are members of the Centrist Coalition.

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. . . .

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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

AmbivaBlog -- from Annie Gottlieb, author of Do You Believe in Magic?: The Second Coming of the Sixties Generation

American Scene -- from Ross Douthat of The Atlantic Monthly and other innovative young conservatives

Another Opinion -- from Paul Hosse, long-time Louisville KY community & political activist

Art Levine Confidential -- from Art Levine, Contributing Editor of The Washington Monthly

Austin Centrist -- from Clint Carrens (Political Communications degree), Paul Silver (small business owner), & other Austinians seeking "balance" and a "middle path"

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

CenterFeud -- from "PurpleStater," self-described purveyor of "ideas left and right for the politically ambidexterous"

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Centerfield: A Weblog of Centrist Voices in American Politics -- from Rick Heller and other good people at the Centrist Coalition

Central Sanity -- from Bridget Magnus, Las Vegas real estate agent and "involved parent"

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"

Choosing Hope -- from Walker Willingham, Puget Sound environmental and social justice activist

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, assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago

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

Donklephant -- from Justin Gardner, former editor of a Kansas City-based political newsletter

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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

JamesFallows.com -- from James Fallows, national editor of the Atlantic Monthly

Left of Centrist -- from Robert Rouse, 50something father of three from Indiana

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

Matt Miller Online -- from Matthew Miller, author of The Two Percent Solution: Fixing America’s Problems in Ways Liberals and Conservatives Can Love

Maverick Views -- from Alan Carl, Gen-Y former Democrat in San Antonio, Texas

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Moderate Voice -- from Joe Gandelman, former San Diego Union staff writer

Moderate Voters -- from Gary Butts, a Southern California voter

Muslim Wakeup! Blog -- from Ahmed Nassef, former business executive

NDN Blog -- from Ilan Graff and others at the 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 Michael Crowley and other staff writers at The New Republic

Political Animal -- from Kevin Drum, Silicon Valley software consultant

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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

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

TomPeters! -- from Tom Peters, co-author of In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies

Washington Note -- from Steve Clemons, Senior Fellow at The New America Foundation

Wheat Think -- from Tom Strong, a "socialist who loves doing business"

Winds of Change -- from Joe Katzman, former Ernst & Young consultant, and Marc Danziger, consultant on "broken projects"

THE RADICAL MIDDLE CONCEPT:

Why "Radical Middle"?

Over 40 Good People (Try to) Describe the Radical Middle

50 Best Radical Middle Books of the '00s (so far)

Five Best Radical Middle Magazines, annotated

Over 20  Arguably Radical Middle National POLITICIANS

GREAT RADICAL MIDDLE  GROUPS AND BLOGS:

NEW:
Over 250 Great Radical Centrist Groups and  Organizations - all linked to their home pages AND to our articles!

Over 50 Great Radical Centrist Blogs - all with their bloggers named and described!

NOT JUST RADICAL MIDDLE:

Ten Best U.S. Political Novels, annotated

25 RED- HOT RADICAL MIDDLE INITIATIVES:

Ashoka

Breakthough Institute

Center for Global Development

Centrist Coalition

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Communitarian Network

Consensus Building Institute

Environmental Defense

Ethical Markets

Giraffe Heroes Project

Global Business Network

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

Institute for Alternative Futures

National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

NDN/New Politics Institute

New America Foundation

Progressive Policy Institute

Republican Main Street Partnership

RESULTS

Reuniting America

Search for Common Ground

Third Way

Unity08

Vasconcellos Project

World Future Society

SOME PRIOR RADICAL MIDDLE INITIATIVES:

Generational Equity and Communitarian platforms,1990s

U.S. Green Party's "Ten Key Values" statement, 1980s

New World Alliance, 1970s

Civil Rights Movement, 1960s (your editor is HERE, 6th from bottom)