The data on police shootings from recent years is clear and overwhelming with what it tells us: 1.) police haven’t…
…Is Happening Right Now & It Is This Coup This military coup is the defining moment for post-Cold War Turkey. …
In an appropriate show of bipartisan unity, Barack Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush, called for unity and for…
After events in Baton Rouge, LA, Falcon Heights, MN, and Dallas, TX, America—in particular white America—sorely needs to take stock…
Even if you hate the Clintons, there’s no denying the spectacular amount of charitable work the Clinton Foundation has done…
Least among the problems posed by the UK’s Brexit vote to leave the EU are the actual effects that will…
Author’s note: with a Bernie Sanders candidacy again looming over the Democratic Party and the country as a whole, here…
Violence and hate feed each other, as the violence in the Middle East shows; the West must be careful not to play…
Author’s note: as we are faced with the prospect of another Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, it is worth revisiting my…
It’s not a convincing argument that Trump picking a woman or a person of color will do much or anything to…
A detailed examination of Trump’s foreign policy speech from a few weeks ago reveals how little substantive thought or ideas…
Without George W. Bush’s presidency, it’s hard to imagine Obama’s 2008 victory; without both, it’s hard to imagine Trump being…
In a year where it is hard to keep track of the stupendous volume of political insanity inflicted on and…
Author’s note: as I write this while Bernie Sanders is considering a second presidential run, it should be remembered that…
Author’s note: in the nearly three years since I created this chart, it is clear little has changed for Sanders…














