As I suspected going into this primary season, I recently re-registered as a democrat in order to support progressive challenges to DC's entrenched dysfunction in the only way possible. DC republicans are as crazy as the national party and the...
Democratic Party
It still amazes me how little the democratic party faithful understand the opportunity presented by President Obama's election in 2008 with the first governing majority in a generation. Democrats, republicans and independents lined up for hours to hear the man...
A Man for Our Times
America remains in turmoil, our civic identities wrapped up in the dysfunctional activities of a largely unaccountable plutocracy who rarely voice opinions reflective of our own. Words used interchangeably provide an oversimplification of the average American's political beliefs. Liberal equals Progressive....
The Mob Rules
We all have very high ideals and are desperate to see this country live up to its potential. That feeling is felt to the left and right of the spectrum. We want a sense of safety and security and sanity back, yesterday. ...
Another Defining Moment
43 The following article was written by veteran reporter Charley Reese and originally printed in the Orlando Sentinel. There is no date of publication, but Reese references an American population of 235 million, Ronald Reagan's deficits, Tip O 'Neill leading a Democratic majority...
The 545 People Responsible for All of Our Woes
I was laid off early last year from what had originally promised to be a rewarding, long-term opportunity with a Washington-area cable network. I blogged at the time about America's systemic dysfunction and lack of strategic focus indirectly leading to my dismissal,...
The “Not Me” Generation
I am happy to note that President Barack Obama continues to concentrate his political message on the idea that the left and right halves of American society, embodied mostly by a dysfunctional and partisan Congress but also at the grassroots...
Pax Americana
Back during the heated days of the presidential primary race, just after I moved to Barack Obama when my first choice Dennis Kucinich dropped out, the whole "Obamabot" thing was born through the steadfast insistence of Hillary's more creative supporters. ...