Jun 2, 2016 | Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Marijuana Legalization and the War on Drugs, mic
Published: Salon (June 1, 2016)
A recent survey found that Gary Johnson, the former New Mexico governor who was just nominated to be the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate, does surprisingly well against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump. Although his 10 percent is nothing compared to Clinton’s 38 percent and Trump’s 35 percent, it’s enough to make his candidacy relevant to our national conversation.... Read Original Article
May 26, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, mic, Race and Racism
Published: Salon (May 23, 2016)
When HBO announced in 2014 that it was going to release a cinematic adaptation of “All the Way,” Robert Schenkkan’s Tony Award-winning play about President Lyndon Johnson’s successful mission to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it’s unlikely they knew how prescient their film would be.... Read Original Article
May 25, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism
Published: The Huffington Post (May 25, 2016), The Good Men Project (May 17, 2016)
I’m not here to write about the total corpus of Donald Trump’s sexism. Certainly it is misogynistic to insinuate that a persistent female reporter is menstruating or insult a female lawyer who needs to pump breast milk by calling her “disgusting,” but those remarks belong in a different category from the type of sexism I wish to discuss.... Read Original Article
May 19, 2016 | Climate Change and Other Environmental Issues, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, mic, Science and Technology, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: The Good Men Project (May 19, 2016)
America is in a “boy who cried wolf” situation right now. We’ve grown so accustomed to comparing our presidents with tyrants, or insisting that a candidate’s ascent to power will result in calamity, that even those of us who see an actual wolf in our midst aren’t being taken seriously.... Read Original Article
May 19, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Immigration, Jewish Experiences, Race and Racism
Published: Salon (May 18, 2016)
It’s hardly surprising, that Breitbart recently referred to William Kristol as a “renegade Jew” in one of its headlines. The conservative website has been shilling pretty hard for Donald Trump over the past year, so it makes sense that the less savory aspects of Trump’s political style would eventually rub off on them.... Read Original Article
May 16, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy
Published: The Huffington Post (May 16, 2016), Salon (May 15, 2016), The Good Men Project (May 12, 2016)
If you’re a fan of movies and haven’t visited Red Letter Media’s website, you should. The critics there are among the funniest and smartest on the Internet, as evidenced when they started joked about the geopolitics of “Captain America: Civil War.”... Read Original Article
