Published: The Good Men Project (March 10, 2016)
I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating.
Whenever I talk to a non-Trump supporter about the possibility of Trump becoming president, I usually run into some sort of disclaimer. “I’m a little worried, but it’s never going to happen.” “This is getting scary, but obviously he isn’t likely to become president.”... Read Original Article
Published: Quartz (March 10, 2016)
With 458 delegates under his belt so far (and counting), Donald Trump is now more than one-third of the way toward receiving the Republican presidential nomination. Although millions of Americans both inside and out of the Grand Old Party are reacting to this prospect with justifiable disgust, millions more find nothing wrong with a frontrunner reluctant to condemn the Ku Klux Klan.... Read Original Article
Saturday Morning Talkies (March 5, 2016)
Interview with Kris Welch. Want to hear what I had to say (cue it up to around the one hour mark for my section)?
Published: The Daily Dot (March 7, 2016)
When it comes to Internet freedom, it is entirely possible that the 2016 presidential election will be remembered as one of the most consequential events in the history of cyberspace.
This may seem like a bold conclusion, but when you consider the competing attitudes on Internet issues not only between Democrats and Republicans but within the major parties themselves, it’s almost impossible to see how this election could not transform how states and political actors alike use the Internet.... Read Original Article
Published: The Good Men Project (March 5, 2016)
Earlier today I was interviewed on KPFA with Kris Welch (the other guest was Sam Levine, associate politics editor at The Huffington Post). Not surprisingly, the subject was the 2016 presidential election, with many callers focusing on the ongoing Democratic primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.... Read Original Article
Published: The Good Men Project (March 3, 2016)
If Donald Trump is going to be defeated, it will be not as a result of ideology or appeals to basic human decency, but because his opponents wage the kind of war necessary to disempower him – namely, a psychological one.
Perhaps the most frightening aspect of Trump’s presidential campaign is his seeming immunity to embarrassment.... Read Original Article