Month: April 2016

I hope Bernie Sanders supporters will read this and take heart. In 1984, Jessie Jackson came to the convention in a situation much like Bernie’s position this time. He had a lot of fervent supporters but not enough to win....

Trump pretty much wraps up the Republican nomination and the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House gets fifteen months in prison. It must be time to write a few “Democrats in disarray” columns.

In Political Paralysis in Ireland? I wrote about the inconclusive outcome to the Irish general election of February 2016 and predicted that we were in for a prolonged period of Kabuki theatre where the major parties, Fine Gael...

I have a few things of local note to discuss. The top of the list is the upset victory by my longtime acquaintance and fellow progressive Philly blogging compatriot Chris Rabb, who is now the Democratic nominee to represent...

Let’s watch and discuss some returns.