Elections
5 Reasons Why the U.S. Election System is On Life Support
Aug 11, 2015 | Elections, Plutocracy, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues
Published: Question of the Day (August 11, 2015) The United States election system may not be fatally flawed, but in many ways it’s on life support. Here are five reasons why that is the case: 1. We make it harder for people to vote. For one thing, as Eric Black explained in an article for MinnPost, most democratic nations don’t require citizens to register to vote — it happens automatically....
Trump’s 2016 Legacy
Aug 10, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, 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 advantage is nowhere near large enough to be insurmountable. The most recent polls give him a lead of between 21 percent and 26 percent....
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 and Topsy.com) and received the most Google searches among participants in the forum. At a watch party sponsored by the American...
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 heard, the networks hosting the first two debates (on August 6 and September 16) established a rule dictating that only the 10...
Should Joe Biden run?
Aug 4, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Liberalism, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Vice President Biden
Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, and the truth about politics in the Internet era
Aug 3, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Parties, Republicans
Hillary Clinton’s Rape Culture Problem
Jul 30, 2015 | Bullying, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, General Advice, Political Parties
Published: Good Men Project (July 30, 2015) Hillary Clinton has a rape culture problem… and her supporters need to ask the right questions. Hillary Clinton has a problematic record when it comes to the issue of rape culture in America. Any politician with a similar background – regardless of party, ideology, or gender – should be expected to answer for them. Unfortunately, as I learned last...
Why Donald Trump doesn’t have the guts to really run for president
Jul 28, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Parties, Republicans
What Bill Cosby Means for Hillary Clinton
Jul 27, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: Good Men Project (July 25, 2015), Daily Dot (July 27, 2015) If the rape allegations against Bill Clinton are true, Hillary Clinton needs to get on them right now. What if America’s first female president was married to a sex offender? This is not a hypothetical question. A multitude of allegations against Clinton have appeared over the years. Among the most prominent: – Paula Jones,...