From Stalinist show-trials in Spain to Jim Jordan’s Judiciary Committee, history is repeating itself and it is terrifying as Trump,…
Author’s note: as I repost this for Real Context News as Trump enters the third year of his presidency, we are in midst of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, one lasting already over a month. My below analysis is still deeply relevant, sadly: Trump began his first and now second anniversaries of taking office mired self-inflicted shutdowns. ***** Though I originally published this article in the…
For Many white Americans, a candidate of color who stays away from focusing on racial issues or from pushing whites…
Trump’s flirtatious waltz with hints and threats of political violence cannot be ignored and should not be underestimated. Apart from…
It’s not a convincing argument that Trump picking a woman or a person of color will do much or anything to…
Without George W. Bush’s presidency, it’s hard to imagine Obama’s 2008 victory; without both, it’s hard to imagine Trump being…
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…
On the Ides of March, the anniversary of Caesar’s assassination, we would do well to consider Caesar and the fall…
“How, Bernie?” The math and data that show why the “political revolution” can’t and won’t happen anytime soon. Originally published on…
What His Candidacy Says About Today’s GOP Republican Presidential Candidate Scott Walker’s Record as Governor of Wisconsin Is, Objectively, Hardly an…
The rebel “Confederate” flag is much less of a problem than the values and system it represents. The romanticization of…
Top ten political and foreign policy lessons from Game of Thrones, or, how Game of Thrones can rescue us from…
The Politics of the Dark Knight Rises and ISIS Batman couldn’t triumph without Gotham. We can’t succeed without each other.…
Fascism comes in many forms; if Hitler and genocide can be one end of the spectrum, there’s plenty of room…