Published: Salon (August 26, 2015), The Good Men Project (August 22, 2015) Donald Trump has indelibly associated his presidential campaign with the cause of opposing political correctness. He has every right to do this – but we in the media need to make sure that...
Americans aren’t just putting in longer hours—we’re being forced to work until we die
Aug 26, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Salon.com, Science and Technology
Published: Salon (August 26, 2015), The Daily Dot (August 19, 2015) Believe it or not, there is a line that Donald Trump refuses to cross. As he has made clear in debates and speeches, he parts ways with the other Republican candidates over the touchy subject of...
Joe Biden’s Legacy for Battered Women
Aug 25, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Vice President Biden
Published: The Good Men Project (August 25, 2015) I have a guilty conscience. Although I respect Vice President Biden quite a bit, I recently wrote an op-ed arguing that it would be a bad idea for him to run for president. My concern (then and now) is that Biden,...
Voters are already sick of the election—and it’s not just because of Trump
Aug 14, 2015 | Democrats, Elections - Other, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans
Published: The Daily Dot (August 14, 2015) Does anyone care that our election cycles are getting increasingly longer? If the Republican National Committee is to be believed, then the answer is no. Despitepledging at the beginning of the year to limit the number of...
“Cuckservatives” and Other Disgraces to Masculinity
Aug 11, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: The Good Men Project (August 11, 2015), Salon (August 13, 2015) I’d like to advance the following proposition: A real man strives to be valued as an individual on the basis of what he does, not by maintaining unfair privileges he possesses through sheer...
Here’s the ‘outsider’ candidate Donald Trump voters should really be supporting
Aug 11, 2015 | Class Issues, Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: The Daily Dot (August 11, 2015) If you’re not a Republican, chances are that you already dislike Donald Trump. Indeed, the two most recent polls assessing his support among Democrats and Independents revealed remarkably similar figures about the Donald,...
Trump’s 2016 Legacy
Aug 10, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: Question of the Day (August 10, 2015) Should Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy be taken seriously? In terms of whether or not he can get elected: Absolutely not. Even though polls currently show him in the lead against his fellow Republicans, his...
When the smartest man in the room isn’t a man – and isn’t allowed to be in the room
Aug 7, 2015 | Bullying, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism
Published: Daily Dot (August 7, 2015) If the Internet is to be believed, Carly Fiorina was a smashing success in yesterday’s Republican first round of presidential debates. The former Hewlett-Packard CEO far surpassed her peers in Twitter mentions (according to Google...
Why the First GOP Debate is So Important
Aug 6, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Media Issues, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Question of the Day (August 6, 2015) The upcoming Fox News (Aug. 6) and CNN (Sept. 16) presidential debates symbolize much of what is wrong with the American political process … but these debates are still very much worth watching.For those who haven’t...
Should Joe Biden run?
Aug 4, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Salon.com, Vice President Biden
Published: Salon (August 9, 2015), Good Men Project (August 4, 2015) Should Barack Obama’s vice president seek a White House term of his own? ___ No. Definitely not. This article is a response to the recent rumors that Vice President Joe Biden is going to make a run...