Frank T. McAndrew: Could a lack of humility be at the root of what ails America?
So what happens when everyone thinks they’re smarter than everyone else?
Marc Jampole: A House of Cards
Trump supporters and the GOP are building a house of cards on Attorney General William Barr’s four-page interpretation of the Mueller report.
Robert Reich: Trump’s End
This morning I phoned my friend, the former Republican member of Congress. ME: So, what are you hearing? HE: Trump is in deep sh*t. ME: Tell me more. HE: When … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: Who Should the Democrats nominate for President?
The Democrats are blessed with a large number of candidates whose experience, politics and personality make them qualified to assume the office of the presidency. Even if we rule out … Continue reading
Video: How to talk to a conservative about politics
Robb Willer studies the forces that unite and divide us. As a social psychologist, he researches how moral values — typically a source of division — can also be used … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: Purity and Politics
We live in an age of tarnished idols. Picasso was a womanizer, drunk with his own success, having been born into the pivotal moment of modernism and thus achieving more … Continue reading
Nancy Altman: This Labor Day, Gear Up to Stop Trump and GOP War on Workers
The ballot box looms for unpopular politicians. Labor Day is traditionally a time to honor workers and their invaluable contributions. But this year, it’s also a time to recognize the … Continue reading
Christian Christensen: Are Dead Children The Price of Freedom?
The most common question asked on this side of the Atlantic is: “Why can’t they see what these weapons are doing to their country?” There is a sickness eating at … Continue reading
Marc Jampole: The Trifecta of Inequality
Imagine stand-up comic Henny Youngman, king of the one-liners, describing the Trump GOP tax proposals with one of his classic bits: So how big is the tax break for the … Continue reading
Video: Robert Reich — “America actually has six political parties”
. Robert Reich explains that the old Democratic and Republican parties are exploding. When you take a closer look, America actually has 6 political parties right now. Whoever can put … Continue reading
John Atcheson: How the Deranged Took Over America
And why they may be here to stay. It’s not news to most people that the US is no longer a true Democracy. Gilens and Page proved it in 2014, … Continue reading
Eliza Newlin Carney: The GOP’s Big Problem Is Big Money
Republican leaders are reeling from their primary loss in Alabama and the demise of their health-care bill, but they have only themselves — and their big donors — to blame. … Continue reading
Percy Bysshe Shelley: England in 1819
. An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King; Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn,—mud from a muddy spring; Rulers who neither see nor … Continue reading
David Michael Green: Stop Legitimizing ‘Conservatism’. It’s Not an Ideology – It’s a Goddamn Death Machine
There’s no end to the maladies that ail American politics these days. It would, indeed, be far easier and quicker to identify what’s working than to itemize the travails that … Continue reading
