Communication and Change
There’s nothing we Democrats like better than a fight — with each other. Even now, when we face a threat analogous to a giant asteroid hurtling towards Earth, our response is to form a circular firing squad. As we see with the current … [Continue reading] about The Democrats’ Circular Firing Squad Is In Full Effect
One overlooked aspect of the apparently impulsive and reckless decision to kill Qassim Suleimani: how evil is enabled by bureaucracy. In this case, according to reporting, Trump’s advisers presented him with “bracketed options,” a common … [Continue reading] about War With Iran: The Evil Done by Nobody
To understand Congressional Republicans’ lack of shame — and even righteous pride — in defending an obvious crook, we can look at how a tribe works in a failed state: it would be wrong not to lie or cheat to help any member of your tribe, no matter … [Continue reading] about Understanding Congressional Republicans’ Lack of Shame
In writing this, I’m bracing to be called a Republican tool, or worse. And that’s the problem I want to address. While resisting the egregious intolerance on the right, the left needs to face its own. Unlike the right’s, our version of intolerance … [Continue reading] about The Left Has Its Own Intolerance Problem: Certainty
One of the most important influences on the Founders was Montesquieu, who came up with the idea of separation of powers — a pretty good day’s work, and a foundation of our Constitutional republic. Montesquieu also identified a republic’s … [Continue reading] about It’s Not Trump’s Fault, It’s Ours