Published: The Good Men Project (October 27, 2015) To begin, I must emphasize that I am not officially supporting the presidential campaign of Martin O'Malley, the former governor of Maryland. This article is focusing on his candidacy because there is a practical...
The Right (and Wrong) Way to Discuss Socialism
Oct 17, 2015 | Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Liberalism, Political Parties
Published: Salon (October 20, 2015), The Good Men Project (October 17, 2015) Is the term “socialist” losing its stigma? There are two examples from last week's news cycle that shed some light on that question. At the beginning of Tuesday’s Democratic presidential...
Understanding the Sanders Revolution
Oct 13, 2015 | Centrism, Democrats, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Liberalism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties
Published: The Daily Dot (October 13, 2015), The Good Men Project (October 13, 2015) In tonight’s Democratic presidential debate, Bernie Sanders will take his first big step in avoiding the fate that befell another Vermont liberal, former Gov. Howard Dean, whose...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, and the truth about politics in the Internet era
Aug 3, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans, Salon.com
Published: Daily Dot (August 3, 2015) Last Wednesday night, the Bernie Sanders campaign hosted what it claims to be the largest event of the 2016 election so far. More than 100,000 people RSVP’d, and with the mere click of a button, they were able to attend. The...
Hillary Clinton’s Rape Culture Problem
Jul 30, 2015 | Bullying, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, General Advice, Political Parties
Published: Good Men Project (July 30, 2015) Hillary Clinton has a rape culture problem… and her supporters need to ask the right questions. Hillary Clinton has a problematic record when it comes to the issue of rape culture in America. Any politician with a similar...