The Fourth Option (A Centrist Perspective) Blog

Belief is the only true sense humans have all the others: hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, and feeling simply feed into it those things that we preceive -- from our own personal, prejudice perspective as real or unreal concrete or abstract old or new true or false earthly or soulful good or bad Belief is the only true opinion of our inner spirit all the others: sleep dreams, day dreams, aspirations predictions, faith, morality, and imaginations simply feed into it those things that we preceive-- from our own personal, prejudice perspective as real or unreal concrete or abstract old or new true or false earthly or soulful good or bad So ultimately it comes down to this: A man talks to the voices in his head -- that he believes are speaking to him, while another man hears absolute silence in a crowded room where individuals are loudly talking and music is loudly playing --and Grandma adds salt to her soup, which is already saltier than the saltiest sea. Yet, she believes...

I truly believe that “confession is good for the soul,” so let me begin by making one: I was a liberal, and I was proud of it. As a matter of fact, all truth be told, I was more than just your garden-variety-type liberal – quite the contrary. I was a hard core, in-your-face, bleeding-heart Liberal. It was a label I embraced and perceived as having no pejorative affiliation -- just the opposite! For in my judgement, liberalism meant being open-minded about new ideas. I believed it meant an honest appreciation -- and whenever possible, a true acceptance of others. So for all these reasons, I accepted "the Liberal" label with pride. However, I should further confess that one additional bonus to being "a Liberal" was the fact that the majority or my peers were also liberals, who believed in the acceptance of others, open-mindedness about new ideas, and the promotion of world peace. I felt that I was in good company. I felt that we embraced and exemplified the best of ...