Commonweal Institute Blog

Bill Scher, the Executive Editor of the popular political blog LiberalOasis.com and a regular commentator on Air America, has accepted our invitation to become a Commonweal Institute Fellow. With his professional background in media strategy, Bill has been outspoken about the need for political activists to redeem the word "liberal". Read his new book, Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy To Win Back America (Rodale, 2006), about why this will be critical if we (liberals, progressives, moderates, and independents) intend to take back the country from the conservative political machine. Expect him to expound on his ideas here. Welcome, Bill!

During YearlyKos I did a local interview for a Chicago ABC station.

Click here to read and see the video.

P.S. Actually, it was ME who said YearlyKos is the largest gathering of people who know each other but have never seen each other. I said that to the reporter about last year's YearlyKos.

Barry Kendall and Katherine Forrest were guests on the Joan Kenley Show: Conversation Radio on March 15. The 50-minute program, titled "Election Fever and Progressive Values," was wide-ranging, from Rob Stein's fabled slide show about the conservative movement, to the state of the Obama and Clinton campaigns, to ways that progressives can promote their values through online communities. You can hear the show here.