WCPT

There's a radio station in Chicago that dubs itself as "Chicago's Progressive Talk". They are not progressive. They are liberal. Progressive and liberal are not the same thing. Liberalism is the same old "us versus them" mentality held by conservatives. The only difference is that liberals take the opposite position.

True progressives take the best and the worst of the warring camps and forge a third (and sometimes a fourth or fifth) way that both camps either fully embrace or fully reject, hopefully the former. This is not compromising or ignoring differences. It's a principle called "include but transcend".

Liberals and conservatives are so entrenched in their views that they feel threatened by someone who is truly progressive. That's why proposals put forth by progressives are usually rejected. Both parties cling to their foundationalisms.

The whole point of progressivism is to make progress. The D.C. Beltway, being currently run by both conservatives and liberals, only results in gridlock. That doesn't sound like progress to me. Promises to work together and change things have quite a hollow ring to them.