An interesting measurement...

Economic Left/Right: 3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.31
These numbers represent a point from a graph on a site called Political Compass . I found it by following a series of links from some other blogs I visit. I took the test to see where I would score. I must make this observation: quite a few of the statements were written in such a way that, though I may somewhat agree with something, I could not say "never" or "always" and my response is to err on the the side of less intervention/less regulation/less control. If you decide to take the test, be sure to read the FAQ's - it helps one feel a bit better about one's answer choices. In fact, spend a bit of time looking through the site.

I would be very interested to see how others score themselves - feel free to post your scores on here on this blog - and your reaction to the scores you received... I find it quite interesting that none of the famous people they have plotted are even in the same quadrant as me. That either means I should never run for office or should should go out and file as a candidate tomorrow morning. Actually, after I took the test, I looked at the reading list for the Libertarian Right and was amused that they pegged the authors I tend to agree with. In our homeschool, I used Richard Maybury's books for a basic study of economics and I subscribe to a magazine which often quotes the words of Hayek and Von Mises. I would be particularly interested to find if there are others who read this blog that share the same approximate point as me. Regardless of the outcome, take a bit of time to consider the views of those you think are diametrically opposed to your way of thinking - we can all learn something new, now and then. The world has very few truly evil people - I believe, optimist that I am, we all basically want the same things; we just have widely differing views of how to get them.

A side note: Paulmond - "Kitchen Stories" is a wonderful film. Both my husband and I greatly enjoyed it; thank you for recommending. I have the other film on reserve with the library system and will let you know what we think of it after we watch it.