More to the US-Israel Spat Than Meets the Eye
In case you haven't noticed, the Obama Administration is in the midst of an on-going and very public spat with the Netanyahu government in Israel. The "tit for tat" exchanges have been noted in the...
View ArticleToday's Empire Builders
Empire builders appear to be back in style. They are with us today both in reality and in fantasy. They present the world with the same dilemma that has troubled victims in the past -- how does the...
View ArticleThe Delta Queen Riverboat, the Election and You
In the early 1970s, my family and I lived in St. Paul, Minnesota. At that time the Delta Queen -- the famous, luxurious riverboat that traveled the Mississippi and other rivers especially in the South...
View ArticleWill Working Moms Show Up on Election Day?
Kasey Nalls, having just put in a 4 p.m. - 2 a.m. overnight shift, steals a few winks before she's back up at 6 a.m. She pushes aside her own fatigue to rouse her two kids - 10 and 14 - from their...
View ArticleIs Bipartisanship Possible?
As the 2014 midterm elections grind down to their conclusion, voters in many communities continue to be subjected to wave after wave of negative ads. The obvious solution is to take big money out of...
View ArticleNC Voters Beware: "Libertarian" Sean Haugh a Phony
The North Carolina Senate race is already the most expensive Senate contest in U.S. history. Driving up the already exorbitant cost of this race is a "libertarian" named Sean Haugh. Haugh is a pizza...
View ArticleThe Campaign Finance Game
Are you following the Democrat versus Democrat California State Senate election in District 26, Ben Allen vs. Sandra Fluke? If so, then you probably read recent press about Bill Bloomfield's more than...
View ArticleThinking About the Future From the Edge of Darkness
Elections often highlight shifts in society. In America, the upcoming midterm election is no exception. The half-truths that today constitute our political discourse are likely to produce a set of...
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Taking Anti-Immigrant Fervor Too Far
One of the biggest things wrong with Kansas is Kris Kobach. What's the matter with Kansas? A decade ago, a best-selling book of that title examined how Kansas veered rightward after a long history as...
View ArticleVolunteered or Voluntold
President Obama was correct when he said that military members sent to West Africa to support efforts against Ebola are not volunteers. They are not, at least not in the same sense as their civilian...
View ArticleNorquist GOP Congressional Puppets
Before the 2012 election for President and Vice President, I wrote a piece in which I warned that depending on the results of the Presidential and Congressional elections, we could have a United States...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
We don't know who will be victorious in Tuesday's midterm elections, but this week science -- represented by nurse Kaci Hickox -- was the big winner. On Friday, Maine Judge Charles LaVerdiere rejected...
View ArticleThe Candidate: Election Season Classic May Ease Pain As It Entertains
"Some good souls found The Candidate cynical. I wonder what they'll think when they read this portrait of the real-life Jerry Brown ... This is the book that could force the little fox into the open."...
View ArticleThe Peoples' Business Isn't Business
Are we going to be bought? Republican President Calvin Coolidge famously said "the chief business of the American people is business." Some argue that putting the quote in the context in which he said...
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Antidote to Citizens United
Remember when politicians wanted more than anything to do what was right for the good of all people beyond their own personal power agendas, and Supreme Court justices were able to think fairly beyond...
View ArticleChildren Are On the Ballot
Children do not vote. And, they do not have Super PACs that contribute money to political campaigns. As a result, they count on us to be their voices with policymakers at the federal, state, and local...
View ArticleA "Laid Back" American Foreign Policy?
There is an undercurrent of thinking in foreign policy circles that a restrained, less actively engaged approach to the country's external relations may best conform to American national interests and...
View ArticleFor the LGBTQ, Black, and Undocumented Communities: Get Out to Vote!
On November 4, our communities must stand together and mobilize to vote. It's particularly important to do so given that so many people in our communities still feel powerless. We are at the...
View ArticleDivided We Fail
Seven weeks ago, I wrote about the possibility that the GOP would win back the Senate by misinforming the public, debasing the Presidency and inflicting great damage on the American people. Today, that...
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