May 2, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (May 3, 2016), The Good Men Project (April 30, 2016) According to a recent article by Kyle Cheney of Politico, Donald Trump is about to win more primary votes than any other Republican presidential candidate... ever. The section of the article delving into this deserves to be quoted in full: "Trump surged to more than 10 million votes, according to totals that include Tuesday’s...
Apr 28, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans
Published: The Good Men Project (April 28, 2016) I've never liked John Boehner. From the moment he weaseled his way into the House Republican leadership by virtue of his corporate connections (which, to be fair, is how most modern politicians get the job) to his penchant for maudlin emotionalism, virtually everything about the Ohioan rubbed me the wrong way. I'm still nauseous at the fact that,...
Apr 26, 2016 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Gender and Sexism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: Salon (April 26, 2016) There is an element of the Shakespearean to the Donald Trump campaign. Comedy and tragedy are often inextricably linked in melodrama, and as Trump rambles and bloviates his way through the American presidential election process (and perhaps, one fears, to the presidency itself), an intriguing narrative arc is taking shape. It began almost exactly five years ago,...
Apr 21, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Jewish Experiences, mic
Published: Quartz (April 20, 2016) Senator Bernie Sanders is the most successful Jewish presidential candidate to date. But he did not prevail in the Apr. 19 Democratic primary in New York–despite the state’s massive Jewish community and his personal ties to Brooklyn. Even if Sanders does not end up the Democratic nominee, his efforts to push Americans politics to the left will be remembered for...
Apr 11, 2016 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (April 11, 2016) When Joe Scarborough is absolutely right about the Democratic Party, that is a very bad sign. While discussing the Wyoming caucuses on his show “Morning Joe” today, Scarborough expressed dismay at the fact that although Bernie Sanders won by nearly 12 points, Hillary Clinton has nevertheless picked up the most delegates (11 to 7). “Why does the Democratic Party...
Apr 6, 2016 | Class Issues, Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Terrorism
Published: Quartz (April 6, 2016) If Bernie Sanders wants to be president, he’ll need to do better than this. The Democratic senator is doubtless feeling pretty optimistic today, fresh off a primary victory in Wisconsin. And yet a much more telling measure of the candidate’s presidential chances happened earlier this week, during an interview with the editorial board of the New York Daily News....
Apr 6, 2016 | Conservativism, Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (April 5, 2016) There is one issue in which Donald Trump is much more progressive than Hillary Clinton – and, unless she learns from history and decisively changes the way Americans perceive her positions here, it may wind up costing her the presidency. I’m referring, of course, to American trade policy. Although the last president to oppose free trade was Hebert Hoover (and his...
Apr 4, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016)
Published in Network Magazine (April 4, 2016) Author's Note: This piece was written in my capacity as Communications Chairman of the Northampton County Democratic Party back in March, before John Kasich replaced Marco Rubio as the so-called "moderate" alternative to Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in the Republican presidential primaries. It was co-authored with Matthew Munsey, Chairman of the...
Apr 2, 2016 | Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties
Published: The Good Men Project (April 2, 2016) Since the start of the year, I've written several pieces for Salon insisting that Bernie Sanders supporters vote for Hillary Clinton in the general election should she be tapped as the Democratic Party nominee. There are several reasons why I have done this: although I prefer Sanders over Clinton, I genuinely believe she would be a fine president;...
Mar 30, 2016 | Centrism, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: Quartz (March 30, 2016) With many months to go before the conclusion of the US presidential primaries, battles lines in the Democratic party have become deeply entrenched. Just as right-wingers love to claim that Hillary Clinton is a radical liberal disguised as a moderate, so too are many progressives inclined to see her as a conservative corporatist whose liberal stances merely...