The learning curve resulting from the 2000 election, however, was pretty steep. I learned that, for the left, presidential politics isn't about ideological purity. It can't be. We will always lose on that front. Presidential politics is chess in which your every move is premised on your endgame.
The Trump Effect
Now, with President Trump as the role model, there's no reason to think that his success will be interpreted as anything less than an invitation for the Monstrous Deplorables to act on their hatred.
Intelligence, the Iraq War and Russian Hackers
Over time, if not diligently confronted, the lie becomes accepted history. We cannot afford to let this particular lie become entrenched in our mainstream consciousness.
The Culmination of Single Party Corporatocratic State
If this election has done nothing else, it has revealed that this elitist, coalition style system has reached its limit.
On Locker Room Talk, Patriarchy and Grabbing Pussies
HOW OBJECTIFYING DISCOURSE LEADS TO SEXUAL ASSAULT If the Locker Room Talk Scandal has done nothing else, it has put a spotlight on the way men talk when they don't believe they are being heard and how what might be private words can translate into public actions. It's also forced men, honest men at least,... Continue Reading →
Michelle Obama on The Republican Nominee’s Disdain for Women
THE MOST POWERFUL ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN I'VE SEEN YET