One of my favorite bloggers has resurfaced, and I am hurt, hurt, hurt that D. A. Ridgely didn’t let his fans (okay, me) know to where he had disappeared. He is now blogging at Positive Liberty, and the blogosphere has now gone from diminished by his absence to a place where civil, insightful cultural and political commentary has once again one of its finer practitioners.
I wasn’t going to avoid Charlie Wilson’s war, but his review makes me want to see it all the more. I also appreciate his dead on cautionary note on the ending. D. A. is quite comfortable with the ambiguous and uncertain nature of our world, including the past, a trait in foreign policy discussions which is quite rare and much needed in this time. Unfortunately, such admitted lack of certainty pays little dividends in gaining adherents. Thus the rise of the neo-cons, and their alter ego’s, who preach a certainty and confidence in their views which attracts to our great loss. It also means there is little market for such commentary, and probably one of the reasons he spends comparatively little time entering the fray.
I also recommend his thoughts inspired by Jonah Goldberg’s new book I brought up here.
Glad to have you back D.A.
About Lance
I want to thank everybody who has encouraged me over the past few years to do this. I doubt it will hold but a few people's interest, but that is okay with me. Special thanks go to Peter over at http://www.liberalcapitalist.com.
I value my privacy a great deal, so I will guess you will have to get to know me over time to find out much. I am in the financial services, wealth management, investing or whatever you want to call it business. I have children, my oldest is entering college.
I have no great or imposing academic background, my grades varied from high enough to get invited to an honors program at my university to frustrating enough to cause my father great grief. My major was history, with a minor in ethics. My main interest towards the end was in the history of economic ideas before life took a turn and I ended up never going on to graduate school. However, I have a fair knowledge of history, economics, investing and would probably be considered well read. My tastes are eclectic and I pretty much find the entire world interesting.
I have an enduring interest in how people learn about and analyze the world; my posts here will examine this topic in detail over time. I make no claims to be above the very biases and errors I see in others, in fact it is my belief that we are incapable of escaping them, only moderating their control over us.
I am a member of no political party, but I would broadly consider myself a man of the right. I am inclined to free market economics, limited government and a fairly narrow view of the role of the state. A small L libertarian if you will. However, if you are looking for broad based "the left believes..." or "wingers are so...." types of attacks on liberals, conservatives, neo-cons or whatever enemy you want to slam, look elsewhere.
Lance
