Published: Salon (March 2, 2016)
The Super Tuesday results are in. On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won a fierce battle over Senator Bernie Sanders, taking home a majority of delegates in seven states compared to her rival’s four. In this heated campaign, you’d think that the stakes of the contest between Clinton and Sanders couldn’t be higher.... Read Original Article
Published: The Good Men Project (February 27, 2016)
Let’s discuss the history of presidential creepiness. In this election, this is a discussion that really matters.
We can start with the author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, who raped his 14-year-old slave Sally Hemmings. Nearly a century later, Grover Cleveland became the first president to get married in the White House.... Read Original Article
Published: The Good Men Project (February 18, 2016)
Whenever I write nice things about Hillary Clinton, I’m compelled to preface them by mentioning that I’m a Bernie Sanders supporter. Inevitably I receive angry letters insisting that no one who truly Feels The Bern could say anything positive about his current arch-rival, but the reality is that I don’t simply respect Clinton out of a desire for party unity.... Read Original Article
Published: The Good Men Project (February 16, 2016)
It isn’t fun to accuse someone like Rep. John Lewis of being a liar. Without question, Lewis is a legitimate living hero, a man whose legacy as a civil rights activists in the 1960s has earned him a lasting place of honor in American history books.... Read Original Article
Published: Salon (February 11, 2016)
With his New Hampshire primary victory now in the books, Bernie Sanders has done more than simply guarantee that Hillary Clinton won’t have a free ride to the Democratic nomination. Indeed, even if Clinton ultimately bests Sanders in the upcoming primaries, the Vermont senator has still achieved something of lasting significance:
He is the first Jewish American to win a presidential primary.... Read Original Article
Published: The Huffington Post (February 10, 2016)
Thanks to his surprising second place finish in the New Hampshire primary, Ohio Gov. John Kasich has emerged as the GOP establishment’s savior du jour. If conventional wisdom is to be believed, the Republican Party’s comparatively moderate leadership will rally behind Kasich on the basis of his strong showing and use his candidacy to thwart Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.... Read Original Article