How does American democracy outlast Trump? We are about to experience the presidency of the least experienced, least qualified, most uninformed, most autocratic and
Category: Government
A very unfair 160-year streak that Hillary Clinton could not overcome
James Buchanan did something that Hillary Clinton could not do, nor could any other Democrat since the election of Buchanan in 1856. Buchanan succeeded
Gerrymandering: A litmus test for honesty
Republicans like to talk about honesty; frequently that means being brash and politically incorrect. It’s incumbent for Democrats to see honesty as telling the
Welcome to American pollutocracy
Newly elected Presidents do not obtain formal power for over two months, but it feels like they gain control immediately. Their major appointments and
Republicans play politics for fun, not progress
Gridlock, contentiousness, do-nothing …. these are all good descriptors of what the Republican Party has recently done to American politics. To progressives, this is
With Trump, is there a line between business and government?
The idea of a Donald Trump presidency has me musing about what we were supposed to learn in school. We were taught that capitalism
Remember inflation? Let Trumponomics remind you
It’s been perhaps a generation and a half since America experienced the pain of double-digit inflation. We don’t talk much about inflation these days,
Three things Hillary can do if she wins the election
Soon after Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, he convened an economic summit in his home town of Little Rock, AR. He saw the
How Verizon convinced me to use paper ballots
Two things happened to me over this past weekend to strengthen my conviction that paper ballots are superior to electronic voting machines. The first
Obama’s numbers
Every quarter, Factcheck.org likes to take a look at the numbers since Obama became President. They go deeper than just unemployment and study metrics