political philosophy

The most important point about a Transformation Election, as opposed to the Transactional Elections normally held, is that it's not...

Anyone who writes that the work of Amanda at Pandagon is somehow further to the left than Fox News is...

Because TV dominates modern campaigns, this part of the campaign has taken on the form of an American Idol-like audition,...

The Democratic primary for President is for Big Dogs only. That's the way it is when there's no incumbent and...

There is one rule for Republicans and another for Democrats because the Nixon Thesis is assumed true by everyone on...

Who would be our Ronald Reagan, our FDR, our Teddy Roosevelt or Abraham Lincoln? What might a leader say and...

He needs to tell the American people that the right wing will have no veto over his campaign, that he's...

I don't care that he's not running. That's not the point. You push to draft Feingold, you agitate for him...

We were not betrayed in Vietnam. We lost. We are not betrayed in Iraq. We have lost. The betrayers are...

The idea that hiring a few means you're running low is a bit like the Isaac Asimov classic "Nightfall," in...