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Hillary Clinton’s observation to a private meeting of financial backers that the majority of her opponent’s supporters are “a basket of deplorables” triggered a tsunami of commentary. Some admonished her; others defended her. Still others advised her to move beyond…
Sexism was in “fine” form last night as NBC host Matt Lauer grilled and interrupted Hillary Clinton in his interview of her, while giving Donald Trump in most instances a free pass when he quizzed him. I would like to…
I have always liked Colin Kaepernick. As a quarterback, he has a flare for the unexpected, the dramatic, the improvisational. But now I Iike him even more, not for his football prowess, but for his humanity and courage. It takes…
In a recent article, Robert Reich writes: “Does Hillary Clinton understand that the biggest divide in American politics is no longer between the right and the left, but between the anti-establishment and the establishment? “I worry she doesn’t – at…
Below is a comment I made to someone who argued that “although elections are important, the mass movement is more important.” This is a very poor way to frame things at this moment, or any moment for that matter. Don’t…