We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the
Tag: 2012 Election
Obama rewards billionaire Penny Pritzker for making him president
You may still have romantic vision of a progressive Barack Obama. You know, he’s a Chicago community organizer who ran for president because he
How to fix long lines at polling places
No one should have to stand in line for three hours to vote in a presidential election. But that’s just what 102-year-old Desiline Victor had
Blueprint for a federal takeover of national elections
Some Democrats in the last election had a hard time voting. Republicans, like Secretary of State John Husted of Ohio, worked overtime, using a
What and why the religious right lost in the 2012 election
Taken together, four letters to the New York Times editor, posted on Nov. 19, 2012, sum up what happened to the supposedly all-powerful religious
Robert Reich on how to reduce the deficit
In a recent blog post, Robert Reich points out that Obama won re-election, so he needs to aim much higher on the upcoming budget
Bibi made a bad bet
For the first time in history, an Israeli prime minister took sides in an American election. The right wing, saber rattling prime minister of
Romney’s Project ORCA: Technology fails, shoe leather wins
When my friend who worked in the Obama campaign’s analytics department told me about Project ORCA, I thought he was talking about an environmental
2012 election cost a monstrous $6 billion
Gaius Publius writing at Americablog comments on a recent New York Times article on this election cycle’s monstrous cost. I suggest reading the NYT article then
Progress: Women, minorities make up majorities in newly elected government
“The Democratic Caucus will bring to the 113th Congress the first Caucus where the majority is women and minorities. Our new Caucus will celebrate