Political progressives are a dynamic and diverse group. While we share many basic principles like tolerance, compassion, reason, and equal rights we tend to be fragmented by ideological passions. We are Democrats, free thinkers, Christians for social justice, Skeptics, peace activists, environmentalists, advocates for the poor, economic liberals, science oriented, or just anti-conservative. While the peace activist might be sympathetic to the science minded person’s concerns, she concentrates h …