16 Oct, 2016
Meet the Millennial Vote
“I am an old millennial, one who just barely squeezes into the age category. I graduated high school in 2000....
15 Oct, 2016
The Rape Election
“Although I generally applaud the notion of a national conversation about rape and rape culture, the repeated coverage of the...
12 Oct, 2016
Negative coattails good for Senate
“Donald Trump is in love. Like any narcissist, he sees his heart’s desire in the mirror and is pathologically incapable...
11 Oct, 2016
The Final Days Of Donald Trump
“Until a few weeks ago, historians of the US presidency were fixed on Donald Trump’s meteoric and unpredictable rise. Now...
10 Oct, 2016
Donald Trump and the Crisis in Masculinity
“The crisis in masculinity and the presidential election got hitched this weekend, thanks to Donald Trump. While a vast majority...
10 Oct, 2016
Disgusting
“The more America learns about Donald Trump, the more disgusting he becomes. Early last week, the Associated Press revealed that...
3 Oct, 2016
When America Was Great
“Donald Trump has an eye-catching campaign slogan: “Make American great again.” Trump maintains that “America has lost its way” and...
2 Oct, 2016
Trump the pigeon
“As the famous ethologist Konrad Lorenz told us in his classic 1963 book, On Aggression, we humans are closer to...
30 Sep, 2016
The Debate: They Both Bombed It
“There was more than one loser in the big debate, but that’s no surprise. I hardly expected any issues of...
29 Sep, 2016
Presidential Debate Recommendations
“Like many others, I was deeply disturbed by much of what I heard (and saw) during the presidential debate on...
28 Sep, 2016
Manifesting the worst old norms
“A half-century ago I was a 17-year-old who had just been hired to do door-to-door canvassing for the Minneapolis Housing...
15 Sep, 2016
Whose Finger? On What Button?
“Through a combination of denial, lack of empathy, fear-mongering, security jargon and political dysfunction, the question of what to do...
8 Sep, 2016
War vs. Democracy
“The paradox of democracy is that it depends on the integrity of those who have the most to lose if...
30 Aug, 2016
What’s Really Behind the Election
“You don’t have to be a poet to breathe new possibilities into an old, familiar metaphor. Recently, for example, author...
27 Aug, 2016
Races about race
“His latest—telling African Americans that they are doing lousy so “what the hell have you got to lose?” is his...