| Feb 17, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyLet me tell you something people don’t often say when arguing about presidential candidates on Facebook: No candidate is perfect. But that doesn’t mean it’s not worth choosing to support one. For example, you can support Bernie Sanders because you believe...
| Feb 3, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyBefore the Iowa caucuses were mercifully laid to rest, I predicted that the surging Donald Trump — he of what George H.W. Bush called “the Big Mo” — would win the Republican contest handily. Bernie Sanders, I believed, would be confounded by the complexity...
| | Rights / DemocracyWhen I crossed paths with a Democratic campaign consultant in Austin last March, I suggested he come to the local International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers hall to hear Bernie Sanders speak. The Vermont senator, I added, was pondering a presidential run. “You...
| Jan 20, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyThe problem with applying conventional wisdom to political campaigns is that it can suddenly be upended by an unconventional campaign. National media pundits have been riveted by Donald Trump’s flagrantly narcissistic run for the Republican presidential...
