What do we have in common?

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

I believe politics in the United States has become polarized and angry-- and this is destructive for democracy.

I sort of disagree. The polarized part is OK. I believe what's really damaging for democracy in the US is that the parties are too close together on most issues (the war is a temporary distraction). I personally think both parties stand for Big Government authoritarian rule. They just differ on the details.

I'm a liberal. I'm also from a big city on the east coast. You might have suspected it, but I'm also Jewish.

I grew up in a small town in NJ from a very left-wing, socialist background. I am a libertarian who thinks capitalism is beautiful. While I come from the Roman Catholic tradition, much of my outlook on the world was shaped by my atheist father. I consider myself a Zen Apatheist [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

However, I went to college in a small town.

I went to college in Boston and I prefer big cities.

I love sports, particularly the pathetic Philadelphia Eagles.

Well, there's no accounting for taste.

I play rugby and love to drink cheap beer.

Rugby and beer are both cool. I'm too old for rugby and life's too short to drink bad beer.