An Idea that Might Diminish the Likelihood of a Catastrophic War
A significant threat to world peace -- of which, I suspect, most Americans are unaware -- is looming on the not-very-distant horizon. The following presents a way of framing that growing crisis that,...
View ArticleShouldn't the Dems Be Slamming Mitch McConnell Now?
It's hard to see how anyone with their head screwed on straight could be anything other than a Democrat in these times. Of America's two major parties, only one has the least bit of claim to be honest...
View ArticleThe Neglected, Essential Component of an Effective Anti-Trump Strategy
The main thrust of this piece, as of this whole series, is an idea that I’ve advanced before, in one context or another, in other writings here on Daily Kos. But I’ve never made the case so strongly as...
View ArticleWhat Does It Take to Get It About Climate Change (That So Many Republicans...
This is appearing in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).**********************************We now know, from Exxon’s own communications, that Exxon itself understood -- even 40...
View ArticleRod Rosenstein Rises -- No More the Mousy, if Mostly Honest, Bureaucrat We've...
I imagine you've seen the video from yesterday of Rod Rosenstein-- asked about the moves by a much of House Republicans to impeach him -- rising to call them out, saying that the Department of Justice...
View Article# 3 Mueller's Investigation Plus a Big "Blue Wave" Will Not Suffice
This third installment of "Press the Battle: Fighting for the Soul of America(ns) is perhaps the strongest challenge posed in this series to the belief, apparently held by a great many liberals, that...
View ArticleWhy Has Giuliani Been Inept? Here's One Explanation I Don't Buy
To explain Giuliani's inept performance, a number of people have cited how long it has been since he has practiced as an attorney. The idea is that he was really smart when he was a U.S. Attorney...
View ArticleResponse to a Right-Wing Troll: My Challenge to the Republicans
This piece has appeared in several newspapers in my red congressional District (VA--6). *************************Response to the Right-Wing Troll“More anti-TRUMP garbage from a well known LOSER!”That...
View ArticleTrying to Understand the Desire to Kill the Iran Deal
On the Iran nuclear deal, I've tried to make a good faith effort to judge whether there could be any GOOD reasons to scuttle it.With Trump, I have difficulty seeing even a glimmer of a good reason for...
View ArticleThe Best of Times, the Worst of Times
This piece has run in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).**********************I feel exceptionally fortunate in the time and place I have lived my life. Born soon after World War...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Trust the Democrats to Run the Right Campaign for the Age of Trump
Nader’s ChallengeIn recent interview on MSNBC, Ralph Nader challenged the Democrats:"Democratic Party: …(L)ook in the mirror, and ask yourself why you cannot landslide the worst, the most ignorant, the...
View ArticleIncontrovertible Proof that Our Side Needs a Stronger Messaging Campaign
This might be regarded as a sequel to my piece, from last weekend, Why I Don’t Trust the Democrats to Run the Right Campaign for the Age of Trump.********************My writings over the past 14 years...
View ArticleWho Cares About Justice? (My Latest Challenge to My Republican Neighbors)
This piece has run as an op/ed in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).*************************Justice has been called the most important virtue for a society to have. And, since...
View ArticleWe’re Losing Ground in a Political War We Absolutely Must Win
IntroductionThe ongoing damage to what’s best about our nation, over the past generation, has not just been the responsibility of the right, which has been hijacked by a destructive force (a force that...
View ArticleRaising Our Voices: A Thought Experiment
In the news just now: Trump grotesquely abusing his pardon power as a way of telling his cronies to keep their mouths shut, and to prepare the public for his using the pardon power as a tool for his...
View ArticleWrong About the Power of the Truth? (My Latest Challenge to the Conservatives)
This piece has appeared in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).*********************My upbringing instilled in me “truth” as a paramount value, and I’ve devoted my life to working...
View ArticleLaurence Tribe's Surprisingly Lame Arguments Against Impeachment (Part I)
I've always had a very high regard for Laurence Tribe, Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard University. Some years back, I was hoping that he would be appointed to fill a vacancy on the Supreme...
View ArticleLaurence Tribe’s Surprisingly Lame Arguments Against Impeachment (Part II)
In the first part of this piece, published here several days ago, I argued that the brilliant Harvard legal scholar, Laurence Tribe, has made a surprisingly weak argument that the Democrats should not...
View ArticleWorking Americans Getting the Short End of the Stick (My Most Recent...
This piece has run in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).*****************************Let me begin by citing a few facts to substantiate a statement I made in a previous column:...
View ArticleIf Stewart is the "Death March" of the VA-GOP, Will Trump Prove the Death...
Death March This talked-about Blue Wave has an important job to do. It's not just a matter of getting control of the House so that Congress can begin to do its job in dealing with this monstrous...
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