Hi! I have just arrived at this board a few days back and this is my very first post. There seems to be a tremendous amount of diversity -- both with topic selection and demographics.

I am a 55-year old retired political journalist and yoga teacher. I currently live in Southeast Florida (The Bluest region of a clearly-defined Red State). I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. I Served in the Navy during the Vietnam War era and used my GI benefits to attend college in Georgia.

There's nothing more I love than an intelligent political discussion with contrasting ideologies. I find although I tend to lean to the Left, I still have learned a great deal from the Right during the years I lived in the South.

I look forward to reading your posts and responding to as many as possible.

This post has been edited by political scribe: Mar 16 2008, 01:34 AM

Hi political scribe, welcome to Thoughtvent.com.

I generally attempt to avoid, from a philosophical point of view, political terms such as "right" "left" "neo-con" or "Liberal" since they are so vague that they become almost meaningless except as short-hand descriptions or normative labels of personal approval or disapproval. I think most people take a stance on particular issues, or related clusters of issues, and then on the basis of the issue itself and not because it fits some purported list of Eternal Principles of one group or another.
Z

Hello and welcome political scribe.

Hey political scribe -

to the board!