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Elections
Why Hillary should tap into ’90s nostalgia
Jun 11, 2016 | Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, mic, Political Parties
Published: Salon (June 11, 2016) Now that Hillary Clinton is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, I have a congratulatory observation for her. When I talk to strangers about politics these days, the subject inevitably turns to the 2016 presidential election. Most of them have strong feelings one way or the other about Donald Trump, but unless they’re a partisan Democrat or simply...
How Gary Johnson can win my liberal vote
Jun 9, 2016 | Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Libertarianism, mic, Political Ideologies
Published: The Huffington Post (June 9, 2016), The Good Men Project (June 4, 2016) I'm a Bernie Sanders supporter, but in the likely event that the Democrats don't nominate him, I will most likely cast my vote for Hillary Clinton. That said, I have my reservations. Foremost among them is Clinton's long trail of scandals, which lead me to worry that she might not make it through her first term...
Sanders supporters pushed Clinton to the left—now they have to keep her there
Jun 8, 2016 | Centrism, Class Issues, Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: Quartz (June 7, 2016) Heading into California primary today, Donald Trump is catching up toHillary Clinton in the general election polls. According to political analysis from statisticians like Nate Silver, the reluctance of some Bernie Sanders supporters to back an alternate Democratic candidate is part of the reason for Trump’s boost. Sanders’ backers tend to identify as...
Could Gary Johnson end the drug war? Libertarian candidate’s presidential bid could put sane drug policy in our grasp
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...
Lessons from “All the Way”: 3 big take-aways from LBJ’s victories that progressives can’t afford to ignore
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. The politics of the 1964 election are uncannily similar to those of 2016:...
Donald Trump’s Lesson for Progressive Men
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...
How Donald Trump would destroy America (and possibly the world)
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. The people voting for Donald Trump are well aware of our...
Right-wing media is just this gross: Donald Trump has unleashed forces more destructive than Fox News
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. What is that style, though? Outlets from The...
The Trumpian Foreign Policy in ‘Captain America: Civil War’
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." Founding member Rich Evans summed up the...