Please. For the love of freedom, democracy, and our country I'm calling on all Democrats as patriots to stop eating our own and focus our fire on defeating Trump. We can support our chosen primary candidate without tearing others … [Read more...]
Grid-scale Battery: The Tesla System in Australia
Remember when Elon Musk offered to build a grid-scale battery for Southern Australia in "100 days or it’s free"? He made good on his bet, installing it on time for the cost of $66 million in December of 2017. According to a report on its … [Read more...]
Why do unions get a free pass for opposing Medicare for All and the Green New Deal?
This post is inspired by my social media feeds filled with attacks on an assortment of Democrats running for President, who are not "pure enough" in the eyes of progressive activists because of their lack of unquestioned support for … [Read more...]
Authentic Populism is NOT Trumpism
Paul Krugman lays out a great case for why authentic populism is NOT Trumpism. Trumpism as its been practiced in reality, is Reagan era trickle down economics with a far more overtly racist appeal to the base instincts of downscale white … [Read more...]
Two of the Most Important Choice-Focused Federal Elections in 2020
Back in November, after Election Day, I shared on BMG a list of seven Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives that I hoped would get primary challengers in this 2019-2020 election cycle due to not being reflective of the … [Read more...]
Joe Biden on Father’s Day
"As my father believed, there's no higher calling for a woman or a man to be a good mother or a good father. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there who work every day to help raise their children --- and all children --- to be … [Read more...]
Is Trump a fascist?
After my recent post about fascism was published in the local newspaper, Trumpists pounced, swearing that Trump was not a fascist. Here is my reply in today's Wakefield Daily Item in keeping with the 'all politics is local and personal' … [Read more...]
Sanders or Warren?
The incomparable Elizabeth Bruenig methodically lays out the differences between Sanders and Warren. Revolution or regulation? Democratic socialism or democratic capitalism? Warren’s many plans for that are activist liberalism at its best. … [Read more...]
Losing Perspective, Gaining Insight: Education, Perspective, and the Original Situation
We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. --Zhuangzi I recently taught George Orwell's 1984 to my Honors English 11 classes. In order to provide the historical underpinnings of the novel, I taught the basics … [Read more...]
Fascism is coming to America
That's what Hillary Clinton said on Saturday at a Wellesley college alumnae event. She was speaking with Madeline Albright, author of Fascism: A Warning. "The idea that it just can't happen here is just old fashioned, my friends. The … [Read more...]
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