Bernie surges on
I don't know if Bernie will be nominated, but his latest surge in the polls puts him ahead in Iowa, N.H., and Nevada. Biden leads in South Carolina.
The ghost of Hubert Humphrey is stalking Kamala Harris
Hubert Humphrey faced the choice to keep supporting the war or speak out for a change in 1968. Kamala Harris faces it now.
Ukraine in perspective
A historical feast of death and destruction from the Peloponnesian Wars to late tomorrow night.
For the good of the party: It’s time for Donna Brazile to go
Brazile's duplicitous behavior is a symbol and symptom of the Democratic Party leadership.
Enough! Trump must be stopped. He’s turning America into the Pariah of the world
Use every power they have to make his actions useless and make him useless. This will work. It’s something Democrats have never done before. Now is the time!
Turn widespread discontent into mass movement
We can turn widespread discontent into a mass movement with the power to transform the nation.
Me First
America 19th, the planet last.
Why we need to ban college legacy admissions
A big reason rich kids have such an advantage is so-called “legacy admissions”—the preference elite schools give to family members of alumni.
MAGA Trumpism comes down to violence, driving invective, intimidation, insurrection, and invasions
Considering the Inciter-in-chief’s love of violence, who can predict whether winning or losing produces greater mayhem.
A putz at fascism, too! Trump’s feral, libertarian despotism ordains oligarchy, not centralized dominance...
Trumpist extremism turns out to be a particularly noxious, authoritarian brew better called “oligarchic, authoritarian libertarianism.”