I am an absolutist and I'm also a gradualist. Yes, really. I know what liberty is, and nothing else will do. But, as long as something is moving in that direction, I think it's sort of a good thing, even

I've been pondering "gradualism" and "pragmatism"-- things over which I have disagreed with people in the past. And, I'll probably continue to disagree in the future. Let me illustrate