Caucus 6.7.12: The Shrinking Political Middle

Same time, 7:30pm. Same place, the illustrious Jade Garden.  

Theme:  The Shrinking Political Middle

Moderator: Michael Tamayo

Moral Roots of Liberal and Conservatives:

http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html

Online bubbles and how they reinforce political ideology

http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html

The End of the Middle of Everything (It's only the Monarchy and the Mob)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howard-fineman/election-2012-lost-middle-consensus-internet_b_1502845.html

Plutocracy, Paralysis, Perplexity

"Washington is marked by a combination of bitter partisanship and intellectual confusion — and both are, I would argue, largely the result of extreme income inequality."

Fighting words from Krugman.

The Amazon Dilemma

So good to have a Sherman Alexie from and in Seattle. Interestingly enough, this post came out in his weekly "Text from South Lake Union"column in The Stranger the day after our discussion.