Feb 19, 2014 | Civil Liberties, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Millennials, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: mic (February 19, 2014) The news. In a recent interview with Politico, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) discussed how the Republican Party could attract minority voters by focusing on a new slate of issues. These included reforming the war on drugs, opposing...
Jan 11, 2014 | Foreign Policy, History, World Affairs
Published: mic (January 11, 2014) "I am 73 years old. I've seen everything. I've met the kings, the queens, the presidents, I've been around the world. I have one thing that I would like to do: to try to reach peace." When Ariel Sharon uttered these words in the first...
Jan 4, 2014 | Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Political Ideologies
Published: mic (January 4, 2014) Liberals, conservatives, and libertarians unite! If ever there was a time for us to see past our differences in the name of a common cause, that time is now. As Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced last night, a movement is afoot for a...
Dec 9, 2013 | Conservativism, Foreign Policy, History, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: mic (December 9, 2013) Back in the 1980s, Ronald Reagan, Dick Cheney, and other paladins of the American right labeled Nelson Mandela a terrorist. While mainstream conservatives tend to renounce this characterization today, it still has currency in more...
Sep 13, 2013 | Foreign Policy, History, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, President Obama
Published: mic (September 13, 2013) Political insight can come from the darndest places. On this occasion, inspiration struck me in the midst of insomnia-induced light reading. My nocturnal literary companion, Kristin L. Hoganson's classic historical monograph...
Sep 11, 2013 | Foreign Policy, History, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Terrorism
Published: mic (September 11, 2013) While it's a tad unorthodox to opean a political op-ed with two historical quotes, this pair strikes me as particularly prescient: 1. "They [the Union of states] will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments...
Aug 12, 2013 | Conservativism, Foreign Policy, Liberalism, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: mic (August 12, 2013) While Sarah Palin rarely provokes anything more than justified contempt among the left, her recent announcement that she is on "Team Rand" is as good a cause as any for liberals to remind themselves of why the ongoing feud between the...
Jul 20, 2013 | Foreign Policy, Jewish Experiences, Media Issues, Scandals, World Affairs
Published: mic (July 20, 2013) How does an American political historian cope with the death of Helen Thomas? She was a pioneer for female journalists, an old-fashioned shoe-leather reporter, an astute observer of Washington's grimy, smarmy underbelly who had...
Jun 10, 2013 | Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, Liberalism, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State, Other Media, Political Ideologies, President Obama
Published: mic (June 18, 2013), Live Interview with Huffington Post (June 19, 2013) Our commander-in-chief had a lot to say during Monday night's interview with Charlie Rose, but CNN aptly summed it up in four words: "I'm no Dick Cheney." If I may, Mr. President, I'd...
Mar 10, 2013 | Foreign Policy, Jewish Experiences, World Affairs
Published: mic (March 10, 2013) To anyone who may doubt the appalling nature of the late Hugo Chavez's mistreatment of his nation's Jewish community, it's worth noting that communist dictators are generally a pretty vile bunch. As such, it should go without saying...