Tag: Democrats
Beto-Hate, and the Viability Void in the Democratic Party
Why is the Sanders wing rushing to define and destroy Beto? Fear.
Ready, Set, Upchuck: Here’s Your Trump Year in Review
How our traitor-in-chief damaged America for a second year.
What Theater Admins Can Teach Us About Our Executive Branch
The theater has mechanisms to ensure our comfort and safety. Why doesn't the government?
What, Exactly, Do Nancy Pelosi’s Dissidents Want to Prove?
In the Blue Wave Era, she's hardly progressivism's preferred face. It doesn't make her unable to lead.
Progressive? Moderate? Dems Should Stop Infighting Before It Starts
America's central problem must be the top concern of all Democrats.
Democrats in the House! (Here’s My Laundry List)
Unless there's Trump, Julian Assange, Vladimir Putin and peeing hookers in a time-stamped video, Democrats need to be careful with impeachment.
Ending Birthright Citizenship: What Dictators Do
Trump will rely on inaccurate interpretations and debunked legal arguments to push a fascist policy favored by some of the worst actors in human history.
13 CFR Writers Tell Why They’ll Vote Nov. 6: What About...
Each writer was allotted just 18 words. Which 18 words would you use?
How America Could Change, Along With the Climate
Recognizing that our climate is really changing is only half the battle. There's what to do about it.
Jamal Khashoggi and the Death of American Decency
Action with dark or selfish intent is troubling. Indifference in the face of injustice is evil.
Feeling Wins Elections. Feeling Wins Arts Audiences, Too.
The power of emotion goes beyond the voting booth. You'll also find it at the box office.
Kavanaugh Wanted a Job — He Wasn’t Entitled to Due Process
If a man wants something badly enough, he'll assert the right to it, even if he doesn't have one.
Republicans Reward the Rich by Blaming the Poor
And they're dead wrong in their oncoming war against federal spending on Social Security.
Everybody Has to Vote. Everybody. Has. To. Vote.
Because we cannot afford a lackadaisical attitude this time around.
Political Machines, Private Lives: Facing the Truth of ‘The True’
“You don’t buy loyalty, you inspire it," says Edie Falco's character, proving that politics hasn't changed.
The Dry History of Arts Funding As Juicy Downtown Theater
"One is never going to get all of America on board with any one issue -- let alone the public funding of arts."
Impeachment: Not Just Warranted, But Overdue
Democrats fear that even discussing it will stir up Trump’s base. That's cowardice.
So, It’s Progressives Who Are Too Extreme? Let’s Discuss…
Extremists are those who disagree with the following positions. We can beat them.
What Could Shame a President With No Shame?
Could it be that Trump is willing to let all fall apart in order to save the most important, and perhaps most unlikely, person of them all?
I’m Starting to Think Trump Is a Schmuck Stuck in a...
Trump seems more like a Russian asset than ever. Could a saboteur really be this dumb?
That Time Susan Sontag Did Something Stupid
She staged "Waiting for Godot" in 1993 Sarajevo. A Sontag biography raises current questions on what motivates social practice.
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New Podcast: Trump Can’t Go to England and Not Be a...
We also dish Mueller's speech, slow-clap a Tea Partier, and handicap the Dems. Plus: a cold open!
