How Can We Reverse the Spread of Islamic Radicalism?
The unconventional and highly unpredictable nature of the terrorist attack that occurred today in London demonstrates that we can never truly be safe from attacks such as this. Addressing this threat...
View ArticleQuality of Life in the United States - How We Stack Up
Cross posted at ProgressivePolitics On many quality of life issues, including the quality of education, health care, the environment, the general public seems to believe that the United States is near...
View ArticleBush's Ownership Society - OxyMoronic?
Crossposted from ProgressivePolitics An oxymoron is commonly defined as "a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction." Of course, we're all familiar with examples...
View ArticleIt's the Corruption, Stupid
Crossposted from ProgressivePolitics Two core components of any Democratic strategy to pick up Congressional seats in '06 must include 1) attacks on unbridled Republican corruption, and 2) a larger...
View ArticleThe Importance of Movement Politics
Crossposted from ProgressivePolitics Political movements are commonly defined as the collective actions of disparate groups that are directed towards specific political and social issues and, more...
View ArticleThe Great and Growing Demand for a Progressive "Change Agenda"
Cross-posted from ProgressivePolitics As the recent abysmal approval/disapproval ratings of President Bush and the Congress demonstrate, there is broad dissatisfaction with the current direction of our...
View ArticleA Progressive Coalition and Its Role in Movement Politics
Crossposted from ProgressivePolitics Following my previous post on the importance of Movement Politics - which addressed mainly the importance of a shared, coherent progressive ideology, vision,...
View ArticleThe Accountability Moment
I had not planned to write on this particular topic because everything that I would say has already been said, but the President's press conference this morning pushed me over the edge. More below the...
View ArticleOh, the Hypocrisy!
Cross-posted from ProgressivePolitics Watching the Roberts hearings today I felt so sorry for poor Tom Coburn: When I ponder our country and its greatness, its weaknesses, its potential, my heart aches...
View ArticleIt's a Start! -The Rumblings of a Democratic Agenda for `06
Cross-posted from ProgressivePolitics Yesterday on Meet the Press, the chairman of the DCCC, Rahm Emanuel, did a nice job of succinctly putting forth five ideas that could at least form the core of a...
View ArticlePopular Communication and Political Competition
Cross-posted from ProgressivePolitics "American has become a center-right party" You'll here it repeated like a mantra, that great shibboleth accepted by most...including liberal journalists like E.J....
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