CURRENT SERIES
In this 4-part series we explore the threat of dictatorship and authoritarian rule coming to America. We’ll take a close look at proposals made by former President Trump and the Right. We’ll also explore whether it’s actually the Democrats who most threaten our democracy. The November presidential election promises to be a turning point, and every voter needs to decide where they stand on the proposals and threats to our democracy.
The news has recently been dominated by stories describing how Republicans—using their newly-gained control of the House of Representatives—are demanding spending cuts as a condition of extending or suspending the “debt limit.” Their assertions, which are echoed and amplified by Fox News and other conservative media outlets, are that Biden and the Democrats have spent…
I believe that the way we practice politics in this country is a major reason why Americans are divided, angry, and frustrated. What I dub as the “hyper-partisan, blame game rubric” has, in recent years, become the predominant way we make policy and govern. The harm goes beyond sewing division and anger, as our elected…
If you listen to Republican officeholders and the conservative media, they’ve been telling us for almost two years that Biden is solely responsible for high inflation; and that he and the Democrats have utterly failed to address the problem. They want voters to kick Democrats out of office in the upcoming November midterm elections. If…
In this 10-part series we’ll examine why the highly partisan approach being used to control federal spending and the national debt has both failed the country and further divided Americans. We’ll discover a better way to address these problems by conducting an analysis that enables us to understand why federal spending is inevitably in the red, and why the national debt has continued to grow.
In this 4-part series we’ll focus on gun violence and mass shootings in America. We’ll explore why the highly partisan approach being used to address gun violence has both divided the country and failed to produce solutions. Through analysis and research we’ll better understand the multi-faceted nature of gun violence and identify common ground solutions that can reverse the growing tragedy of gun violence.
In this 4-part series we explore the threat of dictatorship and authoritarian rule coming to America. We’ll take a close look at proposals made by former President Trump and the Right. We’ll also explore whether it’s actually the Democrats who most threaten our democracy. The November presidential election promises to be a turning point, and every voter needs to decide where they stand on the proposals and threats to our democracy.