“The idea of democracy has been stripped of its moral imperatives and come to denote hollowness and hypocrisy.” – Paul Wellstone (“The Case for Commitment,” undated) Back in 1990, my grandmother and I attended a rally for an upstart liberal politician from Minnesota who was running for U.S. Senate, a […]
Let’s be clear: Democracy is not a sport and elections are not games. It’s shameful that that is how elections are covered — with the scoreboard of amount of money raised and polling numbers. I support the #DemWalkOut not because I’m #BernieOrBust, but because the primary was unfair. I’m not #BernieOrBust […]
If Bernie Sanders and his progressive base have succeeded in moving the Democrats and Hillary Clinton to the left, why should they stop? Apparently, progressives should save all criticism of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic party in order to unite and defeat Donald Trump. This would be a critical mistake […]