Communication and Change
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
As I'm not the first to point out, when Democrats see bad polls, they run from them. When Republicans see bad polls, they change them, through persuasion.* With polls showing a dramatic swing in favor of impeaching President Trump, Congressional … [Continue reading] about Running From the Polls, Democrats Stumble Into Leading on Impeachment
I often call out Republicans in Congress for their cowardice and complicity in the face of Trump’s assault on our democracy. But many Congressional Democrats are making it hard to see how they’re any better. Caricature of the Marquess of … [Continue reading] about Smacked Around by the Schoolyard Bully, Congressional Democrats Threaten to Maybe Someday Do Something
Beto O'Rourke photo by Gage Skidmorevia Wikimedia Commons Are Democrats impeaching the president? Yes. No. Maybe. You see, it could be the right thing to do, but it’s also the risky thing to do. So they kind of are and kind of aren’t. God … [Continue reading] about Beto: Wrong on Guns, Right on Guts