Feb 9, 2016 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans
Published: The Good Men Project (February 9, 2016) I'm writing this before the final votes in New Hampshire have been cast, but I know one thing for certain - regardless of who wins, Marco Rubio will be a big loser. Back in April, I predicted that Rubio's...
Feb 6, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans
Published: The Good Men Project (February 6, 2016) Last April, I wrote a piece for The Daily Dot about why Marco Rubio would never be the Republican presidential nominee. In the aftermath of the Iowa caucus, I feel compelled to retract that prediction... although not...
Feb 1, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Internet Culture, Science and Technology
Published: The Daily Dot (February 1, 2016) Regardless of which candidates triumph in the Iowa caucuses today, there is one winner whose victory no one will be able to dispute—digital technology. To understand how the Internet has fundamentally transformed the Iowa...
Jan 31, 2016 | Conservativism, Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Alternet (January 31, 2016), Salon (January 31, 2016), The Good Men Project (January 21, 2016) As the 2016 presidential election gathers steam, it’s tempting to compare the Bernie Sanders surge among Democrats with the Donald Trump phenomenon among...
Jan 30, 2016 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Scandals
Published: The Good Men Project (January 30, 2016) 815 words into the Associated Press's recent 949 word piece on Hillary Clinton's email scandal, one will find a passage that should appear at the very beginning: The FBI also is looking into Clinton's email setup, but...
Jan 22, 2016 | Elections - Presidential (2016)
Published: Salon (January 22, 2016), The Good Men Project (January 16, 2016) Apparently former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is thinking of running for president as a third-party candidate. The New York Times reports that Bloomberg commissioned a private poll...
Jan 19, 2016 | Elections - Presidential (2016)
Published: Salon (January 19, 2016) The most important moment of Sunday night’s Democratic presidential debate involved not what was said, but what moderator Lester Holt made sure his audience would never get to hear. After permitting Hillary Clinton and Bernie...
Jan 15, 2016 | Conservativism, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Media Issues, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism
Published: The Good Men Project (January 12, 2016) The Internet is understandably indignant that Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, has been invited to appear at President Obama's State of the...
Jan 7, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016)
Published: The Good Men Project (January 7, 2016) For the record, I don't believe Donald Trump is going to be our next president. Similarly, I would be shocked if the Democratic Party nominated Kanye West as their presidential candidate in 2020, despite his declared...
Dec 31, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Gender and Sexism, Race and Racism
Published: Salon (December 31, 2015), The Daily Dot (December 26, 2015) Although the term “social justice warrior” was constructed as an insult against progressive activists, the year 2015 has amply demonstrated why liberals should embrace the term. Social justice...