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Maddening

There is something so corrupt and so maddening about two billionaires on the debate stage last night for no other reason other than they are billionaires. And yet while neither one should be the nominee of the Democratic Party, both…

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Callous

There is a something ironic, no callous, about mainly male commentators last night and today questioning why Elizabeth Warren was pressing Bloomberg so insistently on sexual abuse in the workplace a day after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape.

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Ouch

Someone called me a moderate recently. Ouch! In reply I wrote that I was a realistic radical and highly recommend such a posture. Full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes as a political and tactical posture no matter what the…

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Obama and the spike in racism

This is an excerpt from a longer article I wrote in the fall of 2016: To understand the recent surge of the politics of hate we have to look beyond its loudest and most odious amplifier – Donald Trump. Where…

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The case for a Warren presidency

Despite her slip in recent polls, I still support Elizabeth Warren for president. She has, I believe, a unique combination of qualities, all of which were on display in the Nevada debate earlier this week and likely rebooted her campaign.…