Published: Good Men Project (January 13, 2015)
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I have looked by the way at what happens to anybody in this country who loses as the nominee of their party. They become a loser for life, alright?... Read Original Article
Published: MSNBC (December 7, 2014)
While he remains cryptic about his ultimate intentions, Jeb Bush has let America know that if he runs for president in 2016, he will do so by promising an administration that is “much more uplifting, much more positive, much more willing to be practical” – in short, the complete opposite of the status quo in Washington.
Published: Daily Dot (November 26, 2014)
The Internet has the potential to communicate empathy unlike any other form of media in history. Unfortunately, as much of the online response to the Michael Brown shooting and Ferguson riots makes clear, it can also push us in the opposite direction.
In a recent article on the role of online activism in mobilizing African-Americans against racial oppression, Sarah Seltzer of Flavorwire compared the approach of the Social Justice Internet with the grassroots anti-lynching campaigns of Ida B.... Read Original Article
Published: Daily Dot (November 20, 2014)
As a progressive millennial who actively volunteered for and supported Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, I am ready to make public an opinion I’ve only expressed in private until now:
In retrospect, I wish we’d nominated Hillary Clinton.
This statement isn’t intended as a slight against Obama (who I actually ranked pretty highly in the presidential pantheon just last week), and it must seem like a bizarre way to open an article about Clinton’s shortcomings as a potential presidential candidate.... Read Original Article
Published: Good Men Project (November 6, 2014)
As Americans wind down from the 2014 midterm elections (and, inevitably, begin preparing for the presidential contest two years hence), this question deserves special attention. In any society even ostensibly structured according to democratic principles, the intelligence and discernment of ordinary citizens is absolutely essential to the health of the political body.... Read Original Article