The Euston Manifesto - Ain't Life a Bitch

I published a three part piece, "The Liberal Manifesto" on September 13, 2006. I had been working on it for a while, one part principles, one part distinguishing from the Right and one part distinguishing from the Left. Balanced, I thought. And although I am certain that portions of the Manifesto will not age well I tried to leave a little wiggle room to change my mind later. A month later it looks...pretty much the same.

Now I find The Euston Manifesto, published in America on September 12, 2006 at www.eustonmanifesto.org. The day before? The day before. And, unless I dreadfully misread it, expressing better than my tentative effort, more than my jumbled thoughts in a cogent, succinct and compelling narrative. Good for Professor Herf et als. I should become a signatory, but will count to 10 first. Probably more later, perhaps a piece on being a day late and a dollar short. Ain’t life a bitch?