tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post4830517637589483028..comments2024-03-27T07:18:39.229-05:00Comments on In Medias Res: How Germany Made Us "Conservative"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-29756585384292828962009-05-13T20:37:00.000-05:002009-05-13T20:37:00.000-05:00Glad you liked it, David, and I appreciate the tho...Glad you liked it, David, and I appreciate the thoughts. I like to imagine that in modern political cultures where communitarianism and socialism are part of the historical make-up, as is the case in many parts of Western Europe, figuring out an appropriate "liberal-conservative" balance on matters of public policy wouldn't be as contentious an exercise as it often seems to be in America.Maybe that's wishful thinking, but I can still hope.Russell Arben Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366800726360134194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907752.post-7488174442775131772009-05-13T19:30:00.000-05:002009-05-13T19:30:00.000-05:00I've got (ahem) a paper to finish up, so I don't h...I've got (ahem) a paper to finish up, so I don't have time to post much here, except to say that, in visiting here for the first time in a few weeks, I thought this was a wonderful post, and it's reading this sort of thing that keeps me from drifting too far into liberal skepticism about 'community' as a prioritized value. <br /><br />(Also: it doesn't have a publisher yet and it's not entirely finished, but when Karen Litfin, one of my professors at UW, finishes her book on the global ecovillage movement, you're definitely going to want to give it a look).David Watkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14954313265808615991noreply@blogger.com