{"id":5,"date":"2012-09-20T07:42:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T07:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2015-04-02T12:24:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T17:24:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/?page_id=5","title":{"rendered":"About The Modest Proposal Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_buttons\"><div class=\"twttr_twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=About+The+Modest+Proposal+Blog\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"\" data-hashtags=\"\"  data-size=\"default\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/?page_id=5\"  data-related=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Forward\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.assets.bostatic.com\/doodles\/Forward_Clean_Energy3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"50\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Modest Proposal is an inactive blog started in late October 2012 about civics, public policy and politics. \u00a0This blog is the culmination of a lifetime&#8217;s worth of political junkyism, part civic engagement, part sport, a tool for education and debate, and a place to discuss hopes and\u00a0disappointments as it pertains to current events and the comedies and tragedies that are the lives of our leaders and citizens.<\/p>\n<p>I recommend starting with the articles in the <a title=\"Framework Series\" href=\"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/?page_id=84\">Framework Series<\/a>. \u00a0These articles are lengthier than normal posts will be and lay out a detailed framework upon which my political\/policy views are built.<\/p>\n<p>The only rules for commenting are to back up your facts, respond to challenges to your arguments, and to be respectful. \u00a0All are welcome to comment and debate issues.<\/p>\n<p>I welcome your feedback about the issues, my arguments, and the Blog itself. \u00a0Eventually I hope to make this blog a go-to place for interested persons to learn about, debate, contribute, discuss important policy issues, and get a solid dose of my secular center-left enviro-capitalist world view. \u00a0Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Modest Proposal is an inactive blog started in late October 2012 about civics, public policy and politics. \u00a0This blog is the culmination of a lifetime&#8217;s worth of political junkyism, part civic engagement, part sport, a tool for education and debate, and a place to discuss hopes and\u00a0disappointments as it pertains to current events and the comedies and tragedies that are the lives of our leaders and citizens. I recommend starting with the articles in the Framework Series. \u00a0These articles are lengthier than normal posts will be and lay out a detailed framework upon which my political\/policy views are built. \u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/?page_id=5\"> Continue reading this post <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414,"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.themodestproposal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}