I. Trump is Inheriting a Goldilocks Economy A. The Great Recession Recovery vs. the COVID-19 Recovery From the moment Obama … More
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2024 Election Results Aren’t an Affirmation of Your Personal Politics
I. Bad, Lazy Punditry is Abound While Trump’s win is conceptually shocking by way of him being a fascist who … More
2024 Electoral College Prediction
The 2024 election is one that a competent, less fascist, generic Republican candidate for president would probably clean house and … More
Kamala Harris is the Only Moral Choice Because Donald Trump is a Fascist
I. You Don’t Need to Invade Poland to Be a Fascist Throughout the Trump years, there has been a tedious … More
The Party of Faust, Part II
The summer of 2017 was a fraught time for the country. Donald Trump and his goons were hard at work … More
American Democracy is Flawed, Primed to Fail, and Forever Worth Fighting For
The status quo of American politics is mostly bleak. One of its two major political parties has been radicalizing against … More
2020 Electoral College Prediction
Here is my 2012 prediction. Here is my 2016 prediction. I think the general public broadly misunderstands the 2016 Trump … More
Down With the Traitor-in-Chief
The case against a Trump second term is as painfully obvious as it was in 2016. He is grossly unfit … More
Elizabeth Warren for President
At a time when the leadership and international standing of the United States is in decline, we need someone with … More
Save the Republic: Replace the Republican Party
A struggle in the age of a Trump Republican Party is the constant rage, disgust, and despair that can be … 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