Eric Black
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Robert Reich’s 20 bullet points on the Jan. 6 committee’s accomplishments
Columnist Eric Black writes that Reich was impressed with the Jan. 6 committee's final presentation. → Read More
Assessing the depressing state of democracy around the globe
David Rieff, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Barbara F. Walter and Michael Tomasky sounded off. → Read More
Some sad thoughts on January 6
Everything President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris said this morning about the January 6 insurrections falls into the category of true-but-not-new. → Read More
Americans’ economic outlook pretty much totally depends on their political party
Surveys of consumer sentiment tend to fluctuate based on which party is in power. → Read More
On Trumpism and ‘tribalism’
Thomas Friedman digs into a metaphor. → Read More
Mary Trump offers powerful insights on her uncle and the dangers of the Second Big Lie
Her New Republic piece's subhead says: “Now, he and his GOP enablers are peddling the Second Big Lie: that Jan. 6 was just legitimate protest. It’s the crucial ingredient in convincing America to return them — and him — to power.” → Read More
On timing, technology and the weirdness of the English language
I kinda cracked up at these examples of some of the things that make it so hard for non-natives to learn English, assembled by linguist and author Aria Okrent. → Read More
Columnist Perry Bacon Jr. explains why we’re often wrong about how politics works
His Washington Post column is headlined, “Why ‘moderation’ doesn’t guarantee electoral success for Biden and the Democrats.” → Read More
Gail Collins and Bret Stephens on the idea of a Trump library
I actually laughed out loud, in the privacy of my workspace, when reading this exchange from the most recent Collins-Stephens colloquy. → Read More
It’s in the verbs: Hubert Humphrey makes the case for an active government
In this video, Humphrey emphasizes the preamble's verbs to make the case that the Framers wanted the government they were “ordaining” and “establishing” to do stuff, big stuff, to be active and specifically to be active in making life better for those who would be governed. → Read More
Government’s role: What does ‘promote the general welfare’ include?
Historian Heather Cox Richardson turns her attention to the fairly idiotic right-wing obsession with the idea that the government can’t force anyone to get vaccinated against COVID-19. → Read More
Another Trump campaign ‘survey’ — this one about the media
In an slight giveaway that it’s not serious opinion research, the mailing is titled “OFFICIAL CORRUPT MEDIA SURVEY.” → Read More
Election law expert Richard Hasen cries foul over voting rights ruling
His piece in Slate is headlined “The Supreme Court’s Latest Voting Rights Opinion Is Even Worse Than It Seems.” → Read More
Peace activist Jeannette Rankin would be 141 today
She was first elected to a U.S. House seat from Montana in 1916, just in time to vote against U.S. entry into World War I. → Read More
Why Sen. Joe Manchin is so consequential right now
The Democrats need the West Virginian's vote for just about anything they want to do. → Read More
How Trump’s 2020 campaign got supporters to unwittingly OK recurring donations
Read the whole New York Times piece. It should make your blood boil. → Read More
Hugh Hewitt’s analysis of the GOP’s future ignores contrary evidence
Hewitt managed to get through the analysis without clearly acknowledging that Democrats won the majority of the House races and got more votes in all House races combined. → Read More
What will it take for the Democrats to actually govern?
Fintan O’Toole's advice — to give up on reconciliation with the Republicans — gets the title "To Hell With Unity." → Read More
Kathleen Hall Jamieson on the resilience of the U.S. system of politics and government
"When we faced a genuine crisis — and there were challenges to what we knew about the outcome of the election — our courts did their job," said Jamieson. → Read More
A Jamie Raskin gem from 2006
In reading through some of the Jamie Raskin profiles published in recent days, I stumbled on this in a brief New Yorker profile by Bill McKibben. → Read More