The personal is political. On part one, Dr Asoka Banderage delves into changes needed for sustainability at both the psychological and the political level. Her new book is Sustainability and Well-Being: The Middle Path to Environment, Society, and the Economy. And on part two, Michael Lind, policy director of the Economic Growth Program at the New America Foundation (and frequent Salon contributor) says that once we recognize the Tea Party for what it is: a neo-Confederate movement, then we progressives can go on the offensive to successfully take back America.