On AlterNet: values

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Imagination, Not Science, Is The Key To Solving Climate Change

Stephen Leahy, March 1, 2012.

Facts alone aren't changing our behavior. Real change will require engaging our imaginations, and appealing to our human values.

Why Romney's "Self-Deportation" Idea Defies Reality, Legality, and American Values of Dignity and Human Rights

Raul A. Reyes, Other Words. February 24, 2012.

Some spectators in the audience giggled at Romney's answer. "Self-deportation," however, is no joke. It amounts to laws that harm undocumented immigrants and Latinos.

"Daddy, What's a Union?" 10 Words Our Kids May Not Recognize

David Sirota, AlterNet. January 6, 2012.

What will concepts like "civil liberties," "unions," and even "democracy" mean to our kids?

Replacing Our Failed Economy Is Long Overdue and We Have the Power to Change It

David Korten, Berrett-Koehler Publishers. November 19, 2010.

An excerpt from David Korten's Agenda for a New Economy, on what it's going to take to repair our society.

Why Being Liberal Really Is Better Than Being Conservative

Greta Christina, AlterNet. June 10, 2010.

Liberals and conservatives don't just disagree about specific issues -- we disagree about core ethical values. Can a case be made that liberal values really are better?

Vitter Should Avoid Talk About "Values"

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. July 30, 2009.

"I'm on the side of conservatives getting back to core conservative values," Vitter said. Oh really?

"Subversiveness" In Schools A Bigger Problem Than Failing To Educate?

David Neiwert, Orcinus. April 24, 2008.

McCarthyism never dies. It just redefines itself.

New Book Makes Dangerous Claim That Inequality Is Genetic

Jesse Reynolds, AlterNet. January 18, 2008.

Gregory Clark's book A Farewell to Alms suggests that race- and class-based inequality is inherent -- perhaps even deserved.

Queer 101: A Guide for Heteros

Cameron Scott, AlterNet. March 1, 2007.

Conservative Americans may demonize gay people -- but how much do progressives really know about queer culture?