Increasing Latino Vote Spells Trouble for Republican Candidates in 2016
While Democrats took a beating in last week's election, progressives should be wary of writing off the party's path toward building political power by building a diverse coalition that reflects the...
View ArticleGet Ready for the Craziest Senate in Years
The recent midterm elections were downright scary for atheist and humanist Americans, as we saw several political candidates allied with the Religious Right win seats in the U.S. Senate and House....
View ArticleINVEST in Our Veterans and Our Energy Future
Each Veterans Day, our nation pauses to salute the service of our brave servicemen and women who fought for our nation, many of whom made the ultimate sacrifice. According to the Department of Veterans...
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What Explains the Election Results? It's (Still) the Economy
The number one issue for voters in the 2014 mid-term elections was the economy, by far. Seven in 10 voters said the nation's economy is in bad shape and 78 percent are worried about the economy. Voters...
View ArticleThe Trap of Islam's External Conflict
It was 35 years ago last week that a group of Islamic revolutionaries swept through the United States embassy in Tehran, taking 60 Americans hostage while opening a new chapter of violence in the...
View ArticleElection Results Indicate Huge Mandate for New Trade Pacts
Apparently that is how the DC-insider crowd saw the elections last week. The elite media were filled with news and opinion pieces on how the election opened the door for the approval of the...
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SiX Could Be the Answer to ALEC
Politico has an interesting article up which details the efforts in the liberal political donor camp to come up with something to combat the influence of the conservative American Legislative Exchange...
View ArticleThe 2014 Elections and the Future of Black America
I'm not going to sugarcoat things: For many of us, Halloween came four days late this year. The agenda of a Republican-controlled Congress could spell disaster for black people. After all, this is a...
View ArticleDrivers of Deradicalization: Needs, Narratives, Networks
Dealing with violent extremism occupies, these days, a top spot on the world's agenda. Like the Ebola virus, another global threat du jour, the disease of radicalization is spreading with alarming...
View ArticleMcCain: Obama Is Not Taking the Advice of His Military Commanders on ISIS
NEW YORK -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) -- the powerful incoming chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee -- had harsh words for the Obama Administration on Monday over the president's strategy to...
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Leonard Matlovich: The Gay Military Hero You've Probably Never Heard Of
WASHINGTON -- Many people have never heard of Leonard Matlovich. I hadn't until today. But it was his tombstone that I used to jog by a couple of times a week just to read the words on it, because he...
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Voter Suppression in the 2014 Midterm
Political scientist Michael P. McDonald recently released preliminary turnout rates at the state (and national) level. These data are preliminary and will be continuously updated, but still yield some...
View ArticleCharismatic Politics
At one time in American history, political parties were strong forces, a fundamental part of one's identity. The story goes about a man shaking William Jennings Bryan's hand after one of the Great...
View ArticleTed Cruz Wants to Shut Down the Internet Just Like He Shut Down the Government
It was not by coincidence that Texas Senator Ted Cruz came out against Net Neutrality almost immediately after President Obama made public comments in support of an open Internet. If Obama is for it,...
View ArticlePutting the Great Back into Great Britain
Britain faces an existential nomenclature challenge. Will the word "Great" be expunged from its name and sentenced to permanent exile? Or, will Britain's better angels gather to resurrect a second...
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Blockadia on Trial: What the Jury Did Not Hear
On Earth Day, April 22, 2013, I disrupted construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline (KXL Pipeline) and was arrested and charged with several offenses in Atoka County, Oklahoma. 18 months later I...
View ArticleSo, Who Is Still Going to Jail for Marijuana?
Have you seen the CNN segment on the Kettle Falls Five, a family of medical marijuana patients being prosecuted by the federal government? If not, you should. They’re scheduled to go to trial in less...
View ArticleStep up to Inclusiveness
Here is an oft-heard, oft-repeated story: Elections are in the air. And with it follow political rallies, candidate endorsement, endless debates on television, mudslinging, new manifestos, promises of...
View ArticleElections Have Consequences - And Truth: Here's Some of Both
Here's to the winners! But who are they exactly, after the recent Republican sweep into power in the Senate and in a significant majority of governorships? On the latter, the incumbent Chair of the...
View ArticleThere's Only One Real Difference Between Liberals and Conservatives
Your crazy old divorced uncle is a Conservative. Your crazy young divorced aunt is a Liberal. Liberals are concerned about economic inequality. Conservatives are confident that one day they'll be rich....
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