Published: The Good Men Project (November 17, 2015) The most recent Democratic presidential debate was the lowest rated of the six held by either party this election cycle, drawing in only 8.55 million viewers. This may seem like bad news for the Democrats, but the...
Hey progressives, Hillary isn’t the enemy
Nov 12, 2015 | Class Issues, Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: Salon (November 12, 2015) The inevitable has finally happened: Bernie Sanders supporters are beginning to openly proclaim that, if Hillary Clinton defeats their champion in the upcoming Democratic presidential primaries, they will not support her in the...
Unprecedented Presidents: A History of Firsts
Nov 5, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), History
Published: The Good Men Project (November 5, 2015) The past century has proved to be a golden age for unprecedented presidents and vice presidents. Before the election of 1928 (more on that in a moment), every candidate for America's two highest offices fit into a...
2016: The weirdest presidential election ever?
Nov 3, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: The Good Men Project (November 3, 2015) Politics is usually pretty weird, but the presidential election shaping up right now is definitely an outlier even by American standards. There has to be a deeper significance in the fact that such an unusual election...
The GOP can’t escape football: Republicans’ long love affair with America’s most brutal sport
Nov 1, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (November 1, 2015) Chris Christie might have thought it was ludicrous for the CNBC debate moderators to ask about the booming yet ethically murky “daily fantasy football” industry, but they had defensible reasons for doing so. Websites such as Draft...
Why the Democrats need Martin O’Malley…
Oct 27, 2015 | Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016)
Published: The Good Men Project (October 27, 2015) To begin, I must emphasize that I am not officially supporting the presidential campaign of Martin O'Malley, the former governor of Maryland. This article is focusing on his candidacy because there is a practical...
Biden: The president we deserve, but not the one we need
Oct 22, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Vice President Biden
Published: The Good Men Project (October 22, 2015) To paraphrase a famous line from "The Dark Knight": Joe Biden is the president we deserve, but not the one we need. I've written quite a bit about Biden over the course of my career because - as a PhD student focusing...
Here’s why Donald Trump is hosting ‘SNL,’ as explained by Twitter
Oct 21, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections - Presidential (2016), Immigration, Race and Racism
Published: The Daily Dot (October 21, 2015) Donald Trump is a racist blowhard who shouldn’t step foot anywhere near theWhite House—but that doesn’t mean he also shouldn’t be allowed on TV. The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda recently denounced...
Why Biden’s Decision Matters (for the Vice Presidency)
Oct 20, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), History, Vice President Biden
Published: The Good Men Project (October 20, 2015) As America prepares for Joe Biden’s decision on whether or not to run for president next year, it is perhaps appropriate to reflect on the impact his choice will have on the office he currently holds – the vice...
The Right (and Wrong) Way to Discuss Socialism
Oct 17, 2015 | Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Liberalism, Political Parties
Published: Salon (October 20, 2015), The Good Men Project (October 17, 2015) Is the term “socialist” losing its stigma? There are two examples from last week's news cycle that shed some light on that question. At the beginning of Tuesday’s Democratic presidential...