In Case You Forgot How Bad It WasWe know who Trump is today: unhinged, indicted, felonious, authoritarian. But, he wasn’t so bad as president, was he?Oct 30, 2024Oct 30, 2024
Prosecuting the DebateHow does one debate a person who has no fealty to truth, open inquiry, rules of civility or decorum? Donald Trump constantly lies, mocks…Sep 10, 2024Sep 10, 2024
We Have a “Precious, Fleeting Opportunity” to Shape a More Just Middle East PolicyThe uncommitted delegates were right to ask for a Palestinian American speaker on the Democratic National Convention stage. They had an…Aug 23, 2024Aug 23, 2024
We Don’t Need No RerunsBack in my own student activism days, which spanned most of the 1980s, I used Gil Scott-Heron’s song “Re-Ron” during our teach-ins about…May 4, 2024May 4, 2024
Three Cheers for Biden’s Progressive PopulismThe current occupant of the White House and presumptive Democratic nominee acquitted himself well during his State of the Union address and…Mar 9, 2024Mar 9, 2024
When Hope and History CollideWith apologies to the great poet Seamus Heaney, this does not feel like a moment when hope and history rhyme. My emotions jump around a lot…Nov 10, 2023Nov 10, 2023
We Need Better OptionsIt is incredibly painful to feel so powerless in the face of a major humanitarian crisis like the one happening in Gaza. Alongside my…Nov 10, 2023Nov 10, 2023
Letter to the U.S. LeftRe: Talking About Israel/Palestine In this Perilous MomentOct 13, 2023Oct 13, 2023
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Unpacking the Debt Ceiling DealIf there is good in the so called ‘debt ceiling deal’ it is in the fact that a vote for the deal averts a manufactured fiscal catastrophe…May 31, 2023May 31, 2023