Jan 9, 2013 | History, mic, President Obama's Second Inauguration
Published: PolicyMic (January 9, 2013) George Washington (March 4, 1793) and Thomas Jefferson (March 4, 1805): This article is an installment in an eleven-part series on the inaugurations of incumbent presidents who were elected to additional terms in office, culminating in an on-the-ground report of Obama's second inauguration. Washington: George Washington's second inauguration marked several...
Jun 28, 2012 | Democrats, Economic Policy, Health Care Reform, History, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, President Obama, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues
Published: PolicyMic (June 28, 2012) Two months ago, in my editorial detailing the positive legacy President Obama will leave behind at the end of his first term, I deliberately avoided mentioning his health care reform bill, given that it was at that time "on the Supreme Court chopping block." Now that it has been officially deemed constitutional, I think it is important to note the two-fold...
Jun 28, 2012 | Arts and Entertainment, History, Jewish Experiences, mic
Published: PolicyMic (June 28, 2012) As the closing credits started rolling on the new German documentary Auschwitz, I found myself thinking - of all things - of a line from the 2007 Pixar feature Ratatouille, one of my favorite movies: "In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We...
Apr 30, 2012 | Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2012), Foreign Policy, History, mic, Political Parties, President Obama
Published: The Morning Call (April 30, 2012), PolicyMic (April 30, 2012), CNN (April 30, 2012) With one of Barack Obama's signature legislative achievements on the Supreme Court chopping block and his re-election bid against Mitt Romney shaping up into a close race, many conservative pundits are claiming the president's legacy is in peril. Since their assertions have received ample play in the...
Mar 12, 2012 | Conservativism, Economic Policy, History, Liberalism, Libertarianism, mic, Other Media, Political Ideologies
Published: PolicyMic (March 12, 2012) Editor's Note: The author is responding to Michael Suede's article here. Suede responded to the author's original article. This is my response to PolicyMic pundit Michael Suede's editorial “America’s Founders Were Pro-Big Government, But Only Because it Suited Their Interests.” I respond to each passage in its own right, with the different sections indicated...
Oct 3, 2011 | Education, History, Pennsylvania, Race and Racism
Published: The Express Times (October 3, 2011) Can you identify the source of this quote? “We conclude that in the field of public education separate but equal has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” If you can’t, don’t worry. Not even today’s high school students are expected to know that it came from the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in Brown v. Board of...