Tag: Election 2016
3 Reasons a New President Won’t Help America
We need a guaranteed income. It's the one way we could immediately instill a degree of equality in America, while restoring some of the missing trust in each other.
Focus on Trump Shouldn’t Give Other Republicans a Free Pass
Focusing on Trump’s character flaws instead of the flawed Republican agenda is appropriate – up to a point.
Ivanka—Silence is Betrayal…and Judaism is More than Keeping Kosher
Consider Rabbi Heschel’s humble words on his return from the civil rights march on Selma; “I felt my legs were praying.”
The Lady and the Trump Impressions on the 1st Presidential Debate
Maybe the lesson that should be taken from this debate is that if these two deeply flawed candidates were really the best the two party system could muster, it’s about time the American left started building better options.
In the First Debate, The People’s Issues Came Second
We got a show. But not the answers we deserve.
Laboratories of Democracy
Perhaps it's time to for the Democrats' strategic geniuses and the rest of us to pay a bit more attention to state rep/senate races.
The Presidential Debate That Did Not Really Happen
It was not a debate so much as an opportunity to display Trump’s ability to weave an alternate reality for his acolytes.
First Presidential Debate Fact-Checked
Here’s a roundup of some of the best fact-checking compilations from last night's first presidential debate.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.