Two Ways the Dems Should Go on the Attack Re the Supreme Court
Intro: I’ve been following closely the rise of this extraordinarily dark force on the right — a force that has taken over the Republican Party — since 2004. In that entire time, I’ve not seen a single...
View ArticleTrump 4th-Worst President? That's Foolish. Bogus Calculation Obscures the...
It was announced last week that C-Span had surveyed a group of 142 historians to rank all the Presidents in American history, and lo and behold Trump came out fourth from the bottom. Isn’t it obvious...
View ArticleDoes Weisselberg Really Need to Flip to Prove Trump's Guilt "Beyond a...
I’m not a lawyer, but I’ve paid a lot of attention over the years to the stream of evidence of Trump’s criminality.While paying that attention, I’ve heard many experienced prosecutors talking as if the...
View ArticleSigns of a Need to Hate (A Window into the Psychopathology Driving the Right)
[This piece is running as a newspaper op/ed in my very red congressional district (VA-06).*******************There’s a reason that Christianity presents the combination of “Peace on Earth” and...
View ArticleMy (Relative) Optimism Regarding Voting Rights Legislation
I say “Relative Optimism” because this voting rights business is a source of great anxiety for me. I really do think this is a major crisis in the history of American democracy, with some really bad...
View ArticleHow Biden Can Protect Himself from the Political Peril the Anti-Vaxxers Have...
It appears to be quite possible that the Covid situation in the United States will get worse again.(That’s due both to 1) the emergence of new, more threatening variants and 2) the persistence of too...
View ArticleThree Cheers for the Pelosi-Cheney Tag Team
Two things that have been most astonishingly absent from American politics over the years are:Democrats willing to “press the battle” against a Republican Party that has been hijacked by a destructive...
View ArticleThe Absurd -- and Ugly -- Denial of Racism
This piece is running as an op/ed in the newspapers of my very red congressional district (VA-06).***************On so many levels, the big right-wing outrage these days about the assertion that racism...
View ArticleI REALLY Don't Want Biden Damaged Politically by Afghanistan, But Also...
I have never ever wished a President more wish for success than I do Joe Biden. I’ve also been so heartened and enthusiastic about how much better a President he’s shown himself to be than I thought...
View ArticleWhy, Though I Love the Movie CASABLANCA, I Don't Like the Ending
This little article is addressed to people who are familiar with the great 1941 film, Casablanca. I’m not going to bother with “spoiler alerts,” or explain the story leading up to its famous climax....
View ArticleForces at Work in the Human World
The human world is an enormously rich and complex system. (“Human world” – defined as everything in the world we live in that’s different from how the world would be if our species had never...
View ArticleThe Republican Contempt for the Great American Covenant
This piece is appearing in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).************************The heart of the American nation is this fundamental agreement: We agree to fight our battles...
View ArticleThe Extraordinary Democratic Campaign Called for by Today's Quite...
I was about to post my piece here — calling for the Democrats to wage the kind of aggressive campaign I describe below — when I came upon this in an opinion piece (9/10) by the Washington Post...
View Article"Before You Fist-Bump about that Texas Abortion 'Scheme'": Challenging...
This piece appeared in newspapers this past weekend in my very red congressional District (VA-06). The Northern Virginia Daily (9/18) and the News & Advance of Lynchburg, VA...
View ArticleBiden Needs His National Security Team to Have Better Judgment
I was so impressed with how the Biden team conducted itself -- from the time Biden became the presumptive nominee until very recently — that I’ve been inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt...
View ArticleI Don't See How the Failure of the Bi-Partisan Bill Would Be a Setback-- Au...
As I write this, I don’t know whether Pelosi is bringing the bipartisan bill to the floor for a vote. I got the impression last night that the bill would not pass: i.e. that the number of Progressive...
View ArticleA Bold Way to End the Debt-Ceiling Crisis for Once and for All
I should begin by admitting my ignorance of some legal matters that might prevent my proposal from working. But part of the boldness is that it would be just doing it— and leaving it to the other side...
View ArticleA Filibuster Carve-Out: Could a Democratic Defection Be Countered by a...
In the world of Democrats, the Republicans in the Senate are more-or-less completely written off. Mitch McConnell has them all in line, it is assumed, behind the strategy to obstruct, obstruct,...
View ArticleWith Nuclear Superpowers, Humankind Can’t Play Russian Roulette
This piece is appearing as a newspaper op/ed in my very red congressional district (VA-06).*********************The likely fate of someone who plays Russian roulette repeatedly is virtually certain,...
View ArticleHow Biden Can Make Political Hay Out of Getting Only Part of His Agenda Passed
It appears at present that the probability is that the Democrats will pass a “Build Back Better” bill through reconciliation— but that it will fall short of what Biden and almost all the Democrats in...
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