4 Feb, 2021
United We Fail
United We Fail by Mel Gurtov 613 words Published in: Minnesota Spokesman Recorder, LA Progressive, Mel Gurtov Blog, Counterpunch, The...
4 Feb, 2021
4 Jan, 2021
The Gang Leader Speaks
Donald Trump’s telephone conversation with Georgia’s secretary of state will go down in history as...
27 Nov, 2020
Restoring Democracy, Strengthening the Right to Vote
As Americans look forward to a new era without Donald Trump, one thing stands out:...
22 Oct, 2020
The anti-racist revolution
The nation has less than two weeks left to live in its comfort zone of platitudes. This is by far the most ominous election buildup of my...
19 Oct, 2020
Trumpism Has Brought Democracy to Its Knees
In what we can only hope is its terminal phase, the Trump administration is doing everything it can to make a mockery of American democracy.
10 Sep, 2020
Standing Up to Trump . . . and Biden
“When I ponder the likelihood of looming electoral chaos — uncounted votes, a defeated president who won’t leave office…” Robert...
6 Aug, 2020
Counter-coup
“Gene Sharp called it a self-coup. Sharp was arguably the most influential theorist in the field of nonviolent social movement...
6 Aug, 2020
Election theft and the reluctant democracy
“As election 2020 draws ever closer, the flawed, easily gamed nature of the American quasi-democracy becomes increasingly visible, thanks, of...
5 Feb, 2020
Voting with food and water
“A bad app in Iowa throws everything into a tizzy. Who won? Come on, the horse race has begun. Let’s...
4 Feb, 2020
The Divided States of Trumpistan?
“With the end of the Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump the partisan divide is deepened and acquittal a mere formality…”...
10 Dec, 2019
The Afghanistan Pentagon Papers
“The war in Afghanistan, America’s longest, has cost about 2,300 US lives, over 20,000 wounded, and about $1 trillion. Now,...
1 Aug, 2019
Our racist president
“”Donald Trump lost the election because he veered so far off course from what it means to be a decent...
14 Jun, 2019
We need evidence-based decision making
“Imagine for a moment that political discussions can assume the same evidence-based knowledge as active components in decision making as...
16 Apr, 2019
At risk—the idea of America
“Perhaps the most damaging legacy of the Trump years is the disservice he and his associates are doing to Americans’...
9 Apr, 2019
Wealth, Stealth, and Boeing
“America is “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” It is also the province of the...