Sep 16, 2016 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (September 16, 2016) After Hillary Clinton nearly collapsed at a 9/11 ceremony earlier this week, allegedly due to pneumonia and overheating, the American public is naturally concerned. On the one hand, people wonder whether Clinton is healthy enough...
Aug 30, 2016 | History
Published: The Good Men Project (August 30, 2016) When I wrote this article on my personal blog almost six years ago, I had no idea that it would remain so prescient today. There is very little that I would change from that post, so I’m publishing it unchanged here....
Aug 5, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History
Published: Fusion (August 5, 2016) When Rep. Richard Hanna became the first sitting Republican congressman to endorse Hillary Clinton instead of Donald Trump, he observed that his party had “largely alienated women, Hispanics, the LGBT community, young voters and many...
Jul 16, 2016 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (July 16, 2016) In anticipation of the upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions later this month, it seems appropriate to brace ourselves for something historic. After all, Hillary Clinton is the first woman ever to be nominated by a major...
Jul 4, 2016 | Civil Liberties, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, Immigration, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State
Published: Salon (July 4, 2016) As America celebrates its 240th anniversary, the Donald Trump campaign confronts us with the vivid possibility that our democracy could look vastly different if he’s elected. No, I’m not implying that Trump is another Adolf Hitler. You...
Jul 2, 2016 | History
Published: The Good Men Project (July 2, 2016) The context was the election of 1892. Cleveland had served a single term as president from 1885 to 1889, but had been defeated in his first re-election bid by former Senator Benjamin Harrison of Indiana. Normally that...
Jun 11, 2016 | Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, 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...
May 26, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, 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...
May 7, 2016 | History, Satirical Essays
Published: The Good Men Project (May 7, 2016) Did you know that America was almost called Vespucia? I'm not referring to the United States, by the way. More than five hundred years, the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci determined that the continent "discovered" by...
Apr 21, 2016 | Foreign Policy, History, Race and Racism
Published: Salon (April 21, 2016) It’s official: Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew has announced that abolitionist Harriet Tubman will replace President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. And, while Jackson will still reportedly remain on the reverse side of the bill,...