May 14, 2016 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Internet Culture
Published: The Good Men Project (May 14, 2016) Normally when I write about social media, I pepper sources throughout my article. It's a common habit among pundits; even in casual conversation, we frequently find ourselves pulling up sources to inform our audience and...
May 5, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism
Published: The Good Men Project (May 5, 2016) If I'm lucky enough to be alive in thirty or forty years, I can't wait to read what those historians write about the 2016 presidential election. My guess is that, more than anything else, it will be remembered as one the...
May 4, 2016 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: Quartz (May 3, 2016) Staring down the DC press corps on Sunday (May 1), Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders vowed to make Hillary Clinton’s path to the party’s presidential nomination as challenging as possible. “It is virtually impossible for...
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...
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...
Apr 26, 2016 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Gender and Sexism, 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...
Apr 21, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Jewish Experiences
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...
Apr 17, 2016 | Democrats, Elections, Pennsylvania, Political Parties
Published: The Good Men Project (April 16, 2016) If you're a liberal Democrat and want cause to hope, take a look at the Pennsylvania Senate race right now. Even as the Democratic Party establishment frustrates progressives with its tendency to support bland moderates...
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...
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...