I’m not going to get support of the governors and the senators, with a few exceptions, or many of the major organizations. But the
Category: Politics
Survey: Who blames the poor for being poor?
In our recent poll* on how Americans feel about important political issues, we asked the question, “In your opinion, what is the primary reason
Trump’s 5th-Avenue-shootout fantasy
“I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,” said Donald Trump recently. Fasten your seat
What we’ve learned from right wing reaction to Obama, and now Trump
On January 27, 1998, in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky revelations, Hillary Clinton appeared on the Today show and said, “The great story
Trump: The Revenge of the Id
Spending a few minutes on Facebook, or the internet in general, puts one squarely in the crosshairs of three camps: those who think Donald
Democracy watch, Nov. 2015: Two steps forward [ME, WA], one huge step back [NJ]
This November, people who care about enhancing democratic principles have a few things to feel good about. But, in the toxic political environment that
Scarborough’s misconceptions about liberals in the media
Daily Kos called Joe Scarborough the “resident Republican blowhard on MSNBC.” Daily Kos and many other on the left-leaning outlets have taken Scarborough to
The case for closing our overseas military bases
The most popular post, over the years, on Occasional Planet is: “Military Mystery: how many bases does the US have, anyway?” American University anthropology
Screw the poor: Not expanding Medicaid cost red states $2 billion in 2015
Squandering $2 billion dollars in essentially free money is not what anyone would call “fiscal conservatism.” But that’s exactly what the phony fiscal conservatives
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs vs. the Republican pyramid of political values
You may have heard of Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs. He cites five levels of growth, beginning with what a newborn infant needs