Published: mic (October 1, 2013)
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While it’s easy enough to talk about politics in terms of any given immediate cycle, Democrats should always try to keep the big picture in mind by asking themselves the most important question: How can we win the next election, the election after that, and other elections into the future?... Read Original Article
Published: mic (September 25, 2013)
After 21 hours of orating, Senator Ted Cruz’s one-man jeremiad against Obamacare has officially come to an end.
What in the world are we to make of it?
Certainly the punditocracy has not come up short on feedback. Top Republicans are livid at Cruz for what they perceive to be his grandstanding, even going so far as to send research to Fox News correspondent Chris Wallace to be used against him.
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 Fighting for American Manhood, was discussing the various ways in which Victorian ideals on masculinity influenced America’s imperialist ambitions at the turn-of-the-century.
Published: mic (September 12, 2013)
Every so often there is a silver lining to bad news, and this silver lining in particular should resonate with independent filmmakers. As a recent New York Times headline blared: “Huge Summer for Hollywood, but With Few Blockbusters.” What followed was a piece reviewing the “darker realities” behind Hollywood’s seemingly “blockbuster” summer, which despite a 10.2% increase in ticket revenue over last year is replete with ominous signs.... Read Original Article
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 which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.”... Read Original Article