Jul 13, 2015 | Economic Policy, History, World Affairs
Published: Question of the Day (July 13, 2015) Greece’s years-long debt crisis has finally come to a head this summer. Though Greece looks like it'll get its third bailout in five years, the Greeks were very much on the brink for the last few weeks, and very close to...
Jul 2, 2015 | Conservativism, Economic Policy, Political Ideologies, Satirical Essays
Published: Good Men Project (July 2, 2015) Matthew Rozsa loves quotes. And he disagrees with economic conservatives. Here’s where he’s going with that. — “I have gathered a posie of other men’s flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is my own.” – John...
Jun 15, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Health & Wellness (Physical), Mental Illness, Salon.com
Published: Daily Dot (June 15, 2015), Salon (June 17, 2015) Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) recently introduced the Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act to Congress. If passed, it would require employers with at least 15 workers to provide 10 days of paid vacation to every...
Jun 4, 2015 | Civil Liberties, Economic Policy, Foreign Policy, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Political Parties, Republicans, Salon.com, Terrorism
Published: Daily Dot (June 4, 2015), Salon (June 7, 2015) George W. Bush is trending on the Internet for a surprising reason. A CNN/ORC Poll that recently hit the Web yielded some good news for the embattled former president: For the first time since the months after...
May 19, 2015 | Class Issues, Climate Change and Other Environmental Issues, Economic Policy, Education, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Plutocracy, Salon.com
Published: Daily Dot (May 19, 2015), Salon (May 23, 2015) Say what you will about the presidential candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), but if nothing else, it has certainly introduced some interesting ideas into America’s political debate. Considering that the...
Apr 28, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Education
Published: Daily Dot (April 28, 2015) Back in 2011, Occupy Wall Street swept America due in large part to its members’ savvy use of social media (one professor of journalism even referred to the movement as a “hashtag revolt”). While no catchy Twitter slogan has yet...
Apr 9, 2015 | Economic Policy, History, World Affairs
Published: Daily Dot (April 9, 2015) Last month, the “Digital Economy and Society Index” determined that Greece ranked close-to-last among European Union nations in keeping up with the progress of the digital revolution. This is hardly surprising, considering how far...
Apr 6, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Internet Culture
Published: Daily Dot (April 6, 2015) If Elizabeth Warren has her way on expanding Social Security, Americans might learn a valuable lesson—namely, that you can be a political game-changer without running for president. Perhaps more importantly, if supporters of Social...
Jan 21, 2015 | Democrats, Economic Policy, Education, Health Care Reform, Political Parties, President Obama
Published: Daily Dot (January 21, 2015) The gist of President Obama’s State of the Union speech can be found in one sentence: “The shadow of crisis has passed and the State of the Union is strong.” This was not the address of a president whose party suffered a...
Dec 10, 2014 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Mental Illness
Published: Good Men Project (December 10, 2014) Matthew Rozsa explains the difference between the perception of equality and the reality of discrimination. ___ A friend recently observed that I’ve developed a reputation for anchoring my editorials with quotes, and as...