Republican Like Me
How I Left the Liberal Bubble and Learned to Love the Right

a liberal former CEO of NPR realizes that he knows no Republicans, and that his supposedly tolerant little community is distinctly intolerant of conservatives. and so he travels the country, meets some people, and does some research. his goal is to look at certain issues from a conservative perspect......more

Getting outside my liberal bubble, I found plenty to admire about conservative thinking: the notion of a moral order in a time of social uncertainty, skepticism about the effectiveness of government at a time when the stories of bureaucratic intrusion and ineffectiveness are becoming more and more o......more

I pick up a lot of books on sale, often on a whim. I like breaking out of my bubble and hearing someone else's perspective, but Ken Stern's title – Republican Like Me: A Lifelong Democrat's Journey Across the Aisle – seemed glib rather than thoughtful, and its cover, with its red MAGA-like cap, rei......more

Probably more required reading for Leftists than Conservative. Since, Stern, a dyed in the wool Democrat, ends up coming around to a more conservative bent by the book's end - minus the Creationism. He's a fair minded guy in most respects and he's got a good sense of humor and knows the use of a eleg......more

One of the most important books I read this year. No one--not liberals, not conservatives--has a monopoly on wisdom; we would be far better off doing less finger-pointing and more listening to "the other side." As Abraham Lincoln said, "We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though......more