Experience Matters
Trump is a pathetic human being. But plenty of pathetic human beings have achieved their goals as national leaders. Trump will in all likelihood be… Read More »Experience Matters
2016 Election
So About That Debate
Living through this concussion this past year exposed me to novel, darker sides of the human condition I’d read about before but never felt in… Read More »So About That Debate
Arms Race
Tom Friedman just wrote a column comparing Trump’s wink wink on Hillary and the 2nd Amendment to what happened with Rabin. What he writes is… Read More »Arms Race
Ted Cruz is a Bad, Bad Man
Ted Cruz was as cold blooded as the Zodiac Killer taking the stage tonight. After another awkward nod to Lebron, he addressed the nominee only… Read More »Ted Cruz is a Bad, Bad Man
Bernie in Washington Square Park
The politics At rallies generally the warmup speeches throw some red meat to the crowd. Bernie’s were some of the harshest I’ve ever heard, particularly… Read More »Bernie in Washington Square Park
I’m scared
Trump’s rise is the most disturbing development I’ve lived through in American politics. Very few events have caused me to rethink so many fundamental assumptions… Read More »I’m scared
So, about that debate
I have a weird hobby of watching other country’s presidential debates. The US model has spread everywhere from Kenya to Indonesia. It’s really interesting to… Read More »So, about that debate
Trump, Jeb, and Hillary
This weekend I headed up to my ancestral heartland of Hanover, New Hampshire, to chill with Evan Coates, knock on some doors for Hillary, and… Read More »Trump, Jeb, and Hillary
GOP Foreign Policy Discourse Displays America’s Darkest Instincts
Some of the greatest blemishes on America’s military history come from 20th century carpet bombing campaigns. B-17s and B-29s over Dresden, Berlin, Tokyo, and Hiroshima… Read More »GOP Foreign Policy Discourse Displays America’s Darkest Instincts