I'm a long-time socialist and activist, but new to the blogging world. I hope to bring a different perspective on politics, sports, culture, and Marxism. Besides blogging, I also leave plenty of time for swimming, hiking, ESPN, music, reading, drinking good beer, and, not least, my family and friends. I wish I could play basketball, but my knees ruled out that possibility long ago.
While I currently reside in New York, my politically formative years were spent in Portland, Me. and Detroit during the 1970s and 1980s. I graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia (where I played basketball) and received a MA in economics from the University of Connecticut.
I was the national chairperson of the Communist Party, USA from 2000 until 2014 when I stepped down at the convention. In 2016 I resigned from the Communist Party two years later. We were no longer on the same page.
Like everybody else I worry about the outcome of the elections in November, but I’m also mindful that 2020 isn’t 2016. The differences overwhelm the similarities. If anything is likely, it is the possibility of a Biden and Democratic Party…
On its face Trump appears to be doing everything he can to lose this fall’s elections. He seems like his worst enemy. But if we think about it a bit, there is some method to his madness. What he is…
I see that Trump is making a new assault on the ACA. It’s not surprising that he would. It’s of a piece with his manic fixation on eliminating any trace of Obama’s presidency. So far he has had some success.…
Trump gave us a preview of his campaign themes in his two speeches July 4 weekend. Nothing surprising in either one. Both were all about grievance and resentment (especially white), reality was turned on its head, historical analogies were false,…
