A round up of recent posts by various bloggers who either attempt to strike a balanced note on heated debates and controversial issues, or improve our ability to find our own sense of balance by exposing us to new information and different points-of-view.
Starting off, two two-fers for your consideration.
First, two from Dave Schuler: one in which he rues an encountered lack of “vocabulary or context for discussing moral action” on the subject of torture; and another in which he revisits and “10-points” the subject of health care reform.
Next, two from Andrew Sullivan: one in which he exercises a remarkable amount of self-restraint as he repeats his case against a third term of the Clinton co-presidency; and another in which he examines one of the rare cases where science and faith peacefully co-exist and (perhaps) complement each other.
Elsewhere, McQ offers his take on the SCHIP/Frost-Family conflagration. In isolation, I probably wouldn’t label this post “balanced,” but the generally calm tone and thoughtful construction seemed far more reasonable than other right-leaning bloggers whom I’ve read on the topic.
Kevin Sullivan continues his assault on what he sees as a “broken market for political discourse.”
Finally, today, I won’t even attempt to summarize the point of this long, rambling but eloquent (and rather moving) post from Cobb. It stands on its own and is well worth your time.