Tag Archives: Progressivism

Progressive Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Tote Bag

by James J Heaney Posted on 6 January 2014

This piece is inspired entirely by Peggy McIntosh’s classic article “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” to which I am immeasurably indebted. I have noticed lately that my liberal-progressive friends have begun casually adopting the tools of gender and race … Continue reading →

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I Hate Banned Books Week

by James J Heaney Posted on 30 September 2013

Every year, the American Library Association, pious lover of books, freedom, and openness to sharing absolutely all ideas regardless of their content (unless you live in Cuba or your particular set of crazy ideas doesn’t follow rigid leftist doctrine), runs a weeklong event called “Banned … Continue reading →

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