Apr 2, 2016 | Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties
Published: The Good Men Project (April 2, 2016) Since the start of the year, I've written several pieces for Salon insisting that Bernie Sanders supporters vote for Hillary Clinton in the general election should she be tapped as the Democratic Party nominee. There are several reasons why I have done this: although I prefer Sanders over Clinton, I genuinely believe she would be a fine president;...
Mar 30, 2016 | Centrism, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), History, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: Quartz (March 30, 2016) With many months to go before the conclusion of the US presidential primaries, battles lines in the Democratic party have become deeply entrenched. Just as right-wingers love to claim that Hillary Clinton is a radical liberal disguised as a moderate, so too are many progressives inclined to see her as a conservative corporatist whose liberal stances merely...
Mar 22, 2016 | Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Political Parties, President Obama
Published: Salon (March 22, 2016), The Good Men Project (March 19, 2016) Shame on you, President Obama, for trying to undermine Senator Bernie Sanders' campaign. As The New York Times reported on Thursday, Obama privately told a group of Democratic donors in Austin, TX that they needed to unite behind Hillary Clinton because Sanders would soon have to end his presidential bid. "Mr. Obama...
Mar 11, 2016 | Conservativism, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Jewish Experiences, Other Media, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Interview with Kris Welch. Want to hear what I had to say (cue it up to around the 23:30 mark for my section)? Radio Interview
Mar 10, 2016 | Autobiographical, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences, mic, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: Quartz (March 10, 2016) With 458 delegates under his belt so far (and counting), Donald Trump is now more than one-third of the way toward receiving the Republican presidential nomination. Although millions of Americans both inside and out of the Grand Old Party are reacting to this prospect with justifiable disgust, millions more find nothing wrong with a frontrunner reluctant to...
Mar 2, 2016 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Political Parties
Published: Salon (March 2, 2016) The Super Tuesday results are in. On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won a fierce battle over Senator Bernie Sanders, taking home a majority of delegates in seven states compared to her rival’s four. In this heated campaign, you’d think that the stakes of the contest between Clinton and Sanders couldn’t be higher. While you wouldn’t...
Feb 11, 2016 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences, Liberalism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues
Published: Salon (February 11, 2016) With his New Hampshire primary victory now in the books, Bernie Sanders has done more than simply guarantee that Hillary Clinton won’t have a free ride to the Democratic nomination. Indeed, even if Clinton ultimately bests Sanders in the upcoming primaries, the Vermont senator has still achieved something of lasting significance: He is the first Jewish...
Feb 10, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans
Published: The Huffington Post (February 10, 2016) Thanks to his surprising second place finish in the New Hampshire primary, Ohio Gov. John Kasich has emerged as the GOP establishment's savior du jour. If conventional wisdom is to be believed, the Republican Party's comparatively moderate leadership will rally behind Kasich on the basis of his strong showing and use his candidacy to thwart...
Feb 9, 2016 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans
Published: The Good Men Project (February 9, 2016) I'm writing this before the final votes in New Hampshire have been cast, but I know one thing for certain - regardless of who wins, Marco Rubio will be a big loser. Back in April, I predicted that Rubio's flip-flopping on immigration reform would cost him the Republican presidential nomination. After his surprisingly strong showing at the Iowa...
Feb 6, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: The Good Men Project (February 6, 2016) Last April, I wrote a piece for The Daily Dot about why Marco Rubio would never be the Republican presidential nominee. In the aftermath of the Iowa caucus, I feel compelled to retract that prediction... although not because the points I made there were entirely wrong. The problem is that, when I analyzed Rubio's candidacy ten months ago, Donald...