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June 2, 2017 Demosthenes

Purity Politics and Being All Things to All Peoples

I am tired of purity politics. I’m tired of American political parties demanding homogeneity from their members. I’m tired of being only Democrat or

January 24, 2017 Locke

The Un-Civil States of America

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the death of civil society and what it means to sound right in the course of attempting

November 8, 2016 Locke

At Least Hillary Clinton isn’t Donald Trump

Or … She Ain’t That Muchuva Jagoff I’m not all that broken up about Hillary Clinton getting my vote for President on Election Day.

June 15, 2015 Locke

The Politics of… Srsly No One Care About Clinton’s Announcement Speech

Kevin Drum on Hillary Clinton’s lovely but completely ineffectual and unimplementable announcement speech: As near as I can tell, Americans seem to vote for

June 10, 2015 Demosthenes

Putting Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy on Blast

Or… Chafee’ing at the Bit Last week, former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee announced his intention to run for the Democratic nomination to the

May 12, 2015 Demosthenes

The USA doesn’t owe its damned allegiance to Israel or Saudi Arabia

In an Economist.com article on a scheduled summit between American and the six members of the Gulf Co-operation Council on May 13th and 14th,

April 13, 2015 Demosthenes

Hillary Clinton and the Theatre of Stupid

… Or Hillary Clinton for President! Because Rednecks, That’s Why… Yesterday, Hillary Clinton finally officially announced that she’s running for Pres-o-dent of the Amrika.

October 17, 2012 Locke

On Immigration and Blue Passports

I’m a natural-born US citizen because my mother came to this country (well, Brooklyn actually), stayed with friends, gave birth to me and then

July 2, 2012 Locke

Delusions of the Other

Back in the 2000’s, during the ignominious reign of President George W. Bush, I remember liberals going berserk trying to figure out how to