If there is truth in the old saying that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, it may be fast approaching the time that progressives in the United States need to file a… Read More ›
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Goldwater Runs Deep: The 1964 Republican National Convention & The Rise of Conservative Extremism
On the most southerly outskirts of San Francisco, far away from the subsidized counterculture of the Haight and the boho hustle and bustle of The Mission District, lies the sprawling, unsightly mass of asphalt and concrete known as The Cow… Read More ›
Sins of Omission: The State of the Union & Obama’s Race Problem
Speechmaking has never been Barack Obama’s problem. From the first time the nation heard him as a young state senator from Chicago at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, through the Hope and Change stump speeches on the campaign trail in… Read More ›
Bowling For Presidents: How College Football Can Help Sort Out The Field For The 2016 Election
Boys and girls, we have entered very strange air as of late. The mid-term elections are over. The dumpster fire that was the 113th Congress is pretty much finished. And, as 2014 fades into 2015, the first presidential rumblings for… Read More ›
The Color of Drug Money: Gilead Sciences and “Philanthropy”
By Drew Gibson Last night, while trudging through the endless cavalcade of reality shows on the TV guide, I came across a station that was playing The Gangs of New York. Naturally, I had to stop and watch it as… Read More ›
Virally Suppressed - Muckraking For The Modern World 