A struggle in the age of a Trump Republican Party is the constant rage, disgust, and despair that can be … More
Category: Politics
The Flint Water Crisis: A National Warning of Failing Infrastructure
After a long process of editing and fine tuning, I am pleased to present my article on the Flint Water … More
The Solution to Everything: An Ode to Tax Cuts
Dear Mr. [Insert Generic Republican™], shall we pay for the endless wars? Perhaps healthcare and aid to the poor? … More
The Party of Faust
Further evidence of “collusion” between Trump associates and the Russian government is irrelevant to the question of whether Trump should … More
The 2016 Paradox: Why Trump is Better Than a Clinton Presidency for the Future of Progressive Politics.
Some solace in some troubled times. Let me start off by saying that the Trump administration is truly a unique … More
Disaster by Design
Politics is a zero sum game. But the rewards or punishments for behavior and rhetoric only go as far as voters do at the … More
The Wolf and His Pack
The real danger of a wolf is the pack that he follows. In college I wrote this piece where I made up … More
One of two people will be President
You are presented with a clear and immensely consequential decision: You vote for Hillary Clinton, or you make any number of … More
2016 Electoral College Prediction
Clinton 347—–Trump 191 Click here for my 2012 Electoral College Prediction. I got lucky. The most important thing to note … More
Donald Trump Will Never Be President
Before the primary season started, I wrote that I thought either Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio would be the nominee … More
The Origins of Inequality
The Origins of Inequality AJ Lawton … More
Beware of Extreme Political Correctness
We have 24 hour news and non-stop social media watching everything with the slightest public exposure. The digital revolution has … More
Walker’s Devil is in the Budget’s Detail
A budget says a lot about what your priorities are. And Governor Walker is certainly showing his hand. The proposed … More
Cut The Military and End Poverty
The Children’s Defense Fund, a group focused on examining and ending child poverty, released a report recently that ranks the … More
The Fallacy of Individualism
Conservatives tend to think of non-essential government spending as a moral and technocratic failure. The Federal government’s stimulus measures are … More
How the Moderate Will Vote for Governor
I am not going out on a limb when I say that most people voting for Walker are doing so … More
We Deserve Better Media
I genuinely feel for the missing passengers of the missing Malaysian flight. But every day when I turned to CNN … More
Let the People Vote!
It’s my personal philosophy not to make politics personal. I may thoroughly despise everything you stand for, but I won’t … More
Unsettled by Ukraine
Crimea is being called the most serious international crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and it may very … More
Chris Christie’s Bridge to Nowhere
You have no doubt heard about the “Bridge Gate” scandal rocking New Jersey politics right now, where senior Christie administration … More
