Now that Bernie Sanders is officially in the 2020 Presidential race, all of the old criticisms about him have resurfaced. Here are my responses
Schiff to Republicans: Speak out, already!
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff [D-CA] has published an open letter to his Republican colleagues, urging them to, at long last, break their
In defense of Trump, and 5th Grade Students
From the very beginning, Donald Trump has had difficulty understanding that the Justice Department is not like every other cabinet office. He does not have unilateral control of it. The Justice Department can bite back at him, and he doesn’t like it.
Walt, Anne and Jesus: Mystery on the Magazine Rack
What do Jesus, Walt Disney, and Anne Frank have in common? Perhaps this seems like a question that reeks of such absurdity that it’s
Questions that Amy Klobuchar and all Democrats should be asked
It may be hard to believe, but in the history of the United States, we have never had consecutive Democrats elected to the presidency. Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson both became presidents because of the deaths of their predecessors.
Ballot initiatives: Downside of uptick in voter turnout
If you are frustrated with gridlock and/or intransigence in your state legislature, as many voters are, one way to get your issue considered is
Going Back: The Untold Story of Dreamers Returning to Mexico
It’s been a long and contentious eighteen years since the first Dream Act was introduced in Congress in 2001. The issue of providing a
Former U.S. Senators urge colleagues to defend democracy in a “dangerous era”
A stunning and unprecedented moment occurred on December 10, 2018, when forty-four former senators – among them, thirty-two Democrats, ten Republicans, and two Independents
Protest letters: Economists try to educate Trump on perils of tariffs
In May 2018, more than eleven hundred American economics teachers and economists, among them eleven Nobel Prize winners, banded together to sign an open
Washington Post Super Bowl Ad: A powerful message on freedom of the press
Amid oh-so-clever ads for beer, cars and snack foods, one Super Bowl LIII ad stood out yesterday—the sober message presented by the Washington Post: