I’ve been teaching political science full time at a community college for the last 18 years. And though I still love it, it’s gotten
Author: John Messmer
Why the Democratic presidential nominee must choose a Republican running mate
The American republic is in crisis. Presidents abuse their power with impunity. Congress wallows in its dysfunction. The mechanism established by our Constitution to
What I learned about Campaign Financing When I ran for Congress
We need public financing. And we need it immediately. When I began my very long-shot campaign for the Democratic party’s nomination in Missouri’s 2nd
Shocked, shocked to hear that Trump is unfit
About that “shocking,” anonymous op-ed in the New York Times: What I find most amazing about all this talk about how the president is