Published: The Good Men Project (October 1, 2015) While promoting The Hunger Games: Mockinjay - Part 2, Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth both expressed justifiable disdain at the prospect of Donald Trump winning next year's presidential election. "If Donald Trump...
If you want fair presidential elections in America, we need fair debates
Sep 9, 2015 | Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties
Published: The Daily Dot (September 9, 2015) If Democrats want to make the election process as democratic as their party’s name suggests, the best way to do is by having a competitive race among a diverse field of presidential hopefuls. This is especially crucial in a...
A Democratic Race Without Hillary Clinton
Sep 3, 2015 | Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), Liberalism
Published: The Good Men Project (September 3, 2015) If Hillary Clinton doesn’t become the Democratic presidential nominee next year, who could replace her? Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that Hillary Clinton doesn’t run in the Democratic presidential...
Donald Trump has blood on his hands: Why the nativist demogogue is the second coming of George Wallace
Aug 26, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Immigration, Race and Racism, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: Salon (August 26, 2015), The Good Men Project (August 22, 2015) Donald Trump has indelibly associated his presidential campaign with the cause of opposing political correctness. He has every right to do this – but we in the media need to make sure that...
Voters are already sick of the election—and it’s not just because of Trump
Aug 14, 2015 | Democrats, Elections - Other, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans
Published: The Daily Dot (August 14, 2015) Does anyone care that our election cycles are getting increasingly longer? If the Republican National Committee is to be believed, then the answer is no. Despitepledging at the beginning of the year to limit the number of...
“Cuckservatives” and Other Disgraces to Masculinity
Aug 11, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: The Good Men Project (August 11, 2015), Salon (August 13, 2015) I’d like to advance the following proposition: A real man strives to be valued as an individual on the basis of what he does, not by maintaining unfair privileges he possesses through sheer...
Here’s the ‘outsider’ candidate Donald Trump voters should really be supporting
Aug 11, 2015 | Class Issues, Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: The Daily Dot (August 11, 2015) If you’re not a Republican, chances are that you already dislike Donald Trump. Indeed, the two most recent polls assessing his support among Democrats and Independents revealed remarkably similar figures about the Donald,...
Trump’s 2016 Legacy
Aug 10, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: Question of the Day (August 10, 2015) Should Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy be taken seriously? In terms of whether or not he can get elected: Absolutely not. Even though polls currently show him in the lead against his fellow Republicans, his...
Why the First GOP Debate is So Important
Aug 6, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Media Issues, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Question of the Day (August 6, 2015) The upcoming Fox News (Aug. 6) and CNN (Sept. 16) presidential debates symbolize much of what is wrong with the American political process … but these debates are still very much worth watching.For those who haven’t...
Should Joe Biden run?
Aug 4, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Salon.com, Vice President Biden
Published: Salon (August 9, 2015), Good Men Project (August 4, 2015) Should Barack Obama’s vice president seek a White House term of his own? ___ No. Definitely not. This article is a response to the recent rumors that Vice President Joe Biden is going to make a run...