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A counter-insurgency story

…to tally, but 300-500 noncombatants have probably been killed already this year, mostly in U.S. and coalition air strikes. Killing civilians, even in error, is not only a serious moral…

By Any Other Name

…‘blue states’. Some folks never change. War, tax cuts for the rich, pro-business legislation, and pandering to white conservative ‘values’ were good. Anything to the contrary was bad. Anything proposed…

The debasement of classical liberalism continues apace

…liberalism has been debased by the economic extremism of its adherents and their willing association with the social reactionaries and authoritarians in the Republican political coalition.  The dalliance with reactionaries…

A Developed Taste

…than enough by themselves to seed any coalition.  A cult of its own within the MAGATs cult within a coalition of Trump supporters.  Most of these thirty percent advocate most…

Is There a Will to Change?

…what may be more effective is a broader coalition of leadership—both within government and beyond it. Such a coalition could provide something currently missing: a clear, credible, and sustained articulation…