"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
A likeable moderate, Ron Barber, beat a Tea Party Republican by seven points in the special election for Gabby Giffords’ House seat in Arizona last night. Giffords resigned to focus on recovering from being shot in the face. Barber was…
“There’s no there, there.” The Democratic Party seemingly has few core values it will stand and fight for. Instead we get endless and craven compromise. Worse, the Democratic Party, having abandoned its traditional values, no longer appeals to those who…
Lawyers, Guns, and Money disagrees with Doug Henwood’s contention that hoping change will come via electoral politics is a fool’s game. Henwood uses the Wisconsin debacle as an example. What Lawyers, Guns and Money misses is that the higher strata…
Bill Bloomfield’s congressional campaign is sn example of how the new California open primary can help elect genuine moderates or at the very least, get their views known. Bloomfield is running a self-financed campaign as an independent against incumbent Henry…
Our political campaigns have a serious and growing problem. Candidates for office rarely mention major issues facing their prospective constituencies, much less propose solutions. Instead, the focus is too often on attacking their opponents in the race or painting pretty…