How have your political views changed over time?

[traininthedistance]

I've generally been moderately left-of-center with a huge green streak for most of my life.  In general, there haven't been that many big-ticket issues where I've done a 180.  Probably the only two exceptions are free trade (was against it when younger, now in favor) and abortion (again, against when younger but now pro-choice).  In general I've drifted in a less and less populist direction over time, to a view that could best be summed up as "pro-science" and/or "pro-knowledge" but it's gone back and forth.  I was arguably at my most conservative when I was in (an incredibly liberal) college, where the lack of any surrounding conservative viewpoints plus a contrarian streak led me to start reading lots of David Brooks and talk about moderation all the time.  But since then being in the real world has made me see what folly that was, and I've probably drifted leftward on both axes since then.  Still a pragmatist at heart though.