In the Beginning

I am starting this BLOG because of the direction this society is going. Listen to the news, read a newspaper, listen to talk radio, surf the web. Everywhere you look the national conversation is being steered by extreme voices on the left and right. The most emblematic example of how this conversation is going is to watch the debate shows like Crossfire or Hannity & Colmes. These shows are rarely informative. They’re more like gladiatorial combat than thought provoking and informative news. I don’t know about you but I can only stand them for about five minutes before changing the channel.
So where do I stand in this National Conversation? I stand in the middle. I’m somewhat liberal on social issues and somewhat conservative on economic ones. I believe we should have a strong military that is only used after all other avenues have been exhausted or we are directly threatened or attacked.