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Tougher Tactics Desperately Needed to Win War on GMO Food
As I listened to the ads from the ill-fated campaign to label genetically modified food in Washington, I felt a sickening case of déjà vu. About a year ago, I wrote a controversial article for the...
View ArticleNelson Mandela's Job Title
Off the top of your head, what was Nelson Mandela's job title? "Icon?" Nope "Inspiring speaker?" Nope "National leader?" Nope "World figure?" Nope He was, of course, all of this. Those words, however,...
View ArticleLess Money Actually Good for Candidates?
Doug Gansler, Attorney General of Maryland and candidate for governor, called upon fellow democrat contenders for the 2014 governor's race to sign his version of the "People's Pledge." The original...
View ArticleThird Way Attacks Elizabeth Warren and Bill de Blasio, and Should Disclose...
The "think tank" Third Way, who I referred to as a Democratic "pretender" in my recent column in The Hill, wrote an oped for the Wall Street Journal that attacked progressive economic populism and...
View ArticleCelebrating the Life of Nelson Mandela
Demos joins all the world in mourning the death, but -- much more importantly -- celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela. Mandela's life and achievements are the absolute best argument for confidence...
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Obama's Inequality Speech: Telling the Progressive Story of American History
Barack Obama knows how to tell a story. One of his great strengths is his ability to craft a narrative of our history that resonates with Americans and advances a progressive understanding of who we...
View ArticleWho's in Charge on the Asia-Pacific Pivot? Biden, Hagel, Navy, Obama, Nobody?
Vice President Joe Biden's very high profile Asia-Pacific trip this week, highlighted by his nearly six-hour meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss China's new "air defense zone" over the...
View ArticleVP Biden Seeks New Diplomatic Breakthrough in Northeast Asia
Until Beijing recently declared an air-defense zone along its eastern coast, the United States chose largely to ignore the territorial dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in...
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College Costs and the American Dream
Not that long ago, George Washington University in the nation's capital became the first university in the country to charge $50,000 per year for combined tuition, room, and board. GWU is located just...
View ArticleLatin America's Left and Right Need to Open Their Eyes to End the War on Drugs
Liberals and conservatives across the Americas are addicted to the war on drugs. Most leaders across the political spectrum privilege hard-line policies over harm reduction. And while some enlightened...
View ArticleA Holiday Wish List for the Economy
It's hard to say whether the economy has been naughty or nice this year. Employment growth has been up and down all year, raising hopes and then dashing them in a continuous cycle. Real GDP growth has...
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Friday Talking Points -- Defending Populism
Welcome back (after we took last week off, to digest) to our Friday roundup! We should have two weeks of news to cover, but nothing much of anything strange or startling happened Thanksgiving week, so...
View ArticleSounding the Siren for Children
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much. It’s whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt This second...
View ArticleNelson Mandela, the Flame of Hope
When a light goes out, another one should be lit. How else can we make it through this darkness? With the death of Nelson Mandela, a light has most certainly been extinguished, but hopefully the...
View ArticleFear of Lobby Keeps Dems From Praising Obama's Iran Deal -- and the Best Book...
It didn't take one prominent neocon long to figure out that that the Iran deal -- and the prospect of ending the stalemate with Iran without recourse to war -- has put the Democrats in a box. In the...
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10 Surprising Ways to Fight Crime
Though they may run counter to conventional wisdom, these 10 research-backed policy ideas could reduce crime in the United States. Here's how -- and why. 1. Divert juveniles from the juvenile justice...
View ArticleSunday Roundup
This week brought the passing of Nelson Mandela. He was a man whose towering authority derived from his relentless devotion to humanity at its most basic level. While locked away for 27 years, the rage...
View ArticleTime to Leave Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai Gives Washington a Welcome Shove
The longest war in American history drags on, with Washington a captive of purposeless inertia. The Obama administration should bring all U.S. forces home from Afghanistan and turn the conflict over to...
View ArticleMedicare Drug Benefit Kept Its Promise, Must Improve
While the Affordable Care Act continues to badly stumble out of the gate, it is instructive to look at the last major change to our health care system - the addition of a prescription drug benefit to...
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