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  • John Adler's Awful Vote against Health Care Reform

    When I lived in New Jersey, I volunteered for an idealistic progressive congressional candidate from my hometown, Haddonfield, who went on narrowly to win his race. John Adler was someone who fought for health reform while in the state senate, who had a near-perfect environmental rating, and who fought for [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:14am EST

  • Corzine and Christie Need to Fill Out Project Vote Smart Questionnaire

    At a time when it is decidely hard to pin down politicians' views on specific subjects, Project Vote Smart is an invaluable resource. The web site compiles pertinent quotations on state and national issues from politicians and provides an issue-oriented questionnaire for nearly all potential elected officials in the' [...]
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    Posted: July 15, 2009, 2:34pm EDT

  • New Global Warming Legislation Must Move Forward, Despite Republican Opposition

    President Obama and congressional Democrats are holding true to campaign promises to lessen carbon emissions and protect the environment. A recent bill that is currently in subcommittee would move toward cap-and-trade for pollution, a way to curtail the amount of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere, and dictate renewable energy [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2009, 9:11am EDT

  • In Haddonfield, Vote Ed Borden for Mayor

    Municipal elections and commissioner positions are sometimes not the most flashy or glamorous things in the world. On top of that, residents can be quick to criticize or turn on elected officials if local taxes go up or any other event is deemed "their fault." As someone who is more [...]
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    Posted: March 26, 2009, 7:22am EDT

  • Trying to Make Sense to Republicans' Opposition to the Stimulus Bill

    The past few days have been spent in some degree of meditation and retrospection: What is the Republican justification for opposing a stimulus bill that most economists contend we as a country need? How a Republican can, with a straight face, contend that trickle-down supply-side only snake oil economics is [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2009, 9:26pm EST

  • New Jersey Assembly: Reelecting Albano and Milam

    Over in New Jersey's First legislative district, there are two Assemblyman who merit reelection, Matt Milam and Nelson Albano. Both represent what has traditionally been a Republican district, that is, Cape May county. But by having a progressive-centrist message and by having the juggernaut that is Sen. Jeff Van Drew' [...]
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    Posted: February 03, 2009, 8:17am EST

  • Democrats: Govern with Humility

    At no other time in my adult life have Democrats controlled the White House and both the U.S. House and the Senate, the former with a massive majority. When Pres. Bush was in office, he enjoyed Republican control of both the House and Senate, and Republicans overplayed their cards, particularly [...]
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    Posted: January 26, 2009, 5:16pm EST

  • Chris Christie's Shameful Actions as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey

    Do you, reader, know who Chris Christie is? He's a former Bush-Cheney "pioneer," that is, someone who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for that uber-conservative presidential team. And now he's the Republican dream candidate for governor against Jon Corzine in 2009.

    His tenure as U.S. Attorney has garnered [...]
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    Posted: January 12, 2009, 8:41am EST

  • Unions Getting Unfairly Blamed for Auto Woes

    If you've paid attention to media reports concerning the auto bailout and unions, you'd almost think that unions are to blame for almost every economic mistake by the big three automakers. Despite evidence to the contrary, such as woeful management decisions by U.S. automakers, unions, which are the lifeblood of [...]
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    Posted: December 19, 2008, 12:03pm EST

  • A "Newer" New Deal for Obama and the U.S.?

    Even before Obama was elected president, a recurring issue that was brought up by commentators and the political left has been whether his election is a prelude to a new version of FDR's "New Deal." The New Deal revitalized the American economy at a time of its worst depression through' [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2008, 8:35am EST

  • Barack Obama for President

    For those of us who envision an American foreign policy that balances aggression with circumspection, a domestic policy that favors policies towards the working and middle class, and a theory of governance that considers special interests to be an anathema to democracy, there is only one choice in this presidential [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2008, 10:52am EDT

  • Congressional Candidate Chris Myers and His Horrifying Vision on Iraq

    Any philosophy on the Iraq War that doesn't include a set of benchmarks for the Iraqi government and a clear withdrawal plan, with timelines, is the equivalent of political amnesia and destructive in its vision. If American troops are asked to fight a war continuously, then the justification must be' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2008, 6:08pm EDT

  • Connecticut Opens the Door for Marriage Equality for Gays -- New Jersey Should Follow Suit

    Some rather incredible news today: Connecticut, via a landmark Supreme Court decision, has now legalized gay marriage. For those of us who envision a future American culture where homophobia is a thing of the past, and equal rights are afforded to all, this action represents a huge step in [...]
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    Posted: October 10, 2008, 8:02pm EDT

  • Palin's Latest, and Did Anyone in the McCain Campaign Bother to Vet Her?

    Anyone who knows my meager work knows that I try to focus solely on the issues, not the peripheral personal stuff that all too often substitutes for political discourse and exchange these days. Though I find myself profoundly disturbed by Sarah Palin's views on abortion (all women must be forced' [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2008, 3:07pm EDT

  • John Adler Wins Second Debate against Chris Myers

    I've written a brief report over at Blue Jersey on the second debate between Democrat John Adler and Republican Chris Myers. Adler won.' [...]
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    Posted: September 22, 2008, 9:57am EDT

  • Republican Congressional Candidate Chris Myers is a Hypocrite

    In one of the most-watched congressional races in the country, New Jersey's District 3, Republican candidate Chris Myers, the Deputy Mayor of Medford, has been running a campaign based on negative attacks on his superior opponent, State Senator John Adler, and has created faux outrage over various portrayals of Myers' [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2008, 2:30pm EDT

  • Good Things Happening for Democrats in Virginia

    As a native Virginian who headed home over the weekend, I was reminded how much the electoral politics have changed in the Old Dominion State. For example, in the 1990s, the U.S. senators were both Republican, and Gov. Wilder notwithstanding, so were the governors; ditto for the state senate and [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2008, 10:29pm EDT

  • Short Post: Bipartisanship Dead?

    For some reason, I've lately been thinking of bipartisan legislation (the original No Child Left Behind on the national level, for example, or environmental legislation here in New Jersey on the state level) and whether the country has become too polarized to make bipartisan legislation a reality. I'm thinking of [...]
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    Posted: September 07, 2008, 1:34pm EDT

  • Linda Stender is Right: Leonard Lance Stoops to a New Low

    In fundraising and general campaign financial health,Republican congressional candidate Leonard Lance is in trouble, as Huntsu over at Blue Jersey has noted that Lance has close to $200,000 in debt, including a $100,000 personal loan he made to his own campaign. With no financial help on the way [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2008, 12:15pm EDT

  • Bayh or Biden?

    From what I'm reading online, and the general buzz surrounding vice presidential candidates, it seems that this is now a two-person race between Indiana Senator Evan Bayh and Delaware Senator Joe Biden for Obama's VP. My personal evaluation is that either of these candidates would be attractive ones, but that [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2008, 10:02am EDT

  • It's Time to Show Frank LoBiondo the Door: David Kurkowski for Congress in NJ-02

    Despite breaking a term-limit pledge, social conservative Frank LoBiondo, a Republican in New Jersey's 2nd district, absolutely should be taken out of office and replaced with a capable, new representative; that person should be Cape May councilman David Kurkowski. Kurkowski is slowly gaining traction in this southernmost N.J. district,' [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2008, 10:33am EDT

  • McCain Out of Touch on Iraq

    Columnist Ellen Goodman has a must-read article out on John McCain and his selective amnesia on the Iraq War:

    In "McCain's Iraq War Stance Rooted in Another Era," she basically argues that McCain is reliving the end of the Vietnam War with his perpetual call for a nebulous' [...]
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    Posted: August 01, 2008, 11:41am EDT

  • Will Rural Issues become Part of Political Debate in 2008?

    Rural America has been particularly hard hit in the past few decades, with decreasing jobs, lack of vocational and college training, and national priorities that often leave out rural programs. I was particularly pleased when John Edwards proposed a "Rural Recovery Act," which would bring new technologies to rural areas [...]
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    Posted: July 12, 2008, 12:34pm EDT

  • John McCain: Radical Conservative on Birth Control, Choice

    With any degree of credibility, no one can claim John McCain to be a "moderate" on social issues, and his record on birth control, health services for women, and a woman's right to choose is profoundly disturbing. Ole "Maverick" McCain has voted against funding for overseas abortion services, funding for' [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2008, 1:01pm EDT

  • Could John Edwards Be Obama's Vice President?

    This week, something happened that made me nearly pinch myself because I thought I was dreaming: John Edwards was brought up as a potential vice presidential candidate by congressional allies speaking with Barack Obama's vice president search committeee. The thought of having an Obama-Edwards ticket is one that is incredibly' [...]
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    Posted: June 21, 2008, 10:08am EDT

  • South Jersey Needs to Support Frank Lautenberg

    To be sure, it would have been better for South Jersey had Rob Andrews won the Democratic primary over Frank Lautenberg. But that was not to be. It is also hardly worth disputing that Sen. Lautenberg needs to be more responsive to South Jersey needs and be more active in [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2008, 9:22pm EDT

  • It's Time to Legalize Gay Marriage in New Jersey

    In 2006, New Jersey passed an important Supreme Court law that sought to procure equal rights for gay and lesbian couples, but the civil unions law hasn't fulfilled that specific edict. Garden State Equality has posted a new website (http://www.civilunionsdontwork.com/) that documents the failings of the current civil union law,' [...]
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    Posted: May 24, 2008, 6:55pm EDT

  • Rob Andrews Plan for Iraq: Worth a Look

    Congressman Rob Andrews, for whom I encourage every New Jersey Democrat and Independent to vote on 3 June, has a real, thoughtful analysis of the Iraq civil war -- and how to get U.S. troops out of that seemingly endless war. Andrews' plan argues that the U.S. should leave a' [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:00pm EDT

  • Andrews and Lautenberg: A Tale of Two Campaigns

    Thus far in the N.J. U.S. Democratic senate campaign, Congressman Rob Andrews has repeatedly put himself in the public eye and is now going to be hosting a series of town forums across the state, according to the Press of Atlantic City. Andrews has also challenged incumbent Frank Lautenberg to [...]
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    Posted: April 25, 2008, 11:33am EDT

  • Rob Andrews for U.S. Senate

    A week ago, my congressman, Rob Andrews, shook up the Democratic establishment in N.J. by openly rebelling and challenging Frank Lautenberg for the Democratic nomination for U.S. senate. This was a courageous, and even possibly necessary, move, since the process of annointment and coronation was too exclusive and anti-democratic in [...]
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    Posted: April 10, 2008, 5:20pm EDT

  • N.J. Congressman Chris Smith is No Moderate

    How do you characterize a Republican moderate? In my mind, such a politician would be moderate on social issues, perhaps even pro-choice, and present economic platforms that not only benefit the wealthiest persons but the average citizen; perhaps this moderate would even speak out against prominent Republican leaders when they [...]
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    Posted: March 31, 2008, 10:38pm EDT

  • Lautenberg is Right: Five Years is Too Long in Iraq

    Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who is possibly one of the most respected and thoughtful senators in the country, is sending out a petition to get U.S. troops out of Iraq in a strategic redeployment; I encourage anyone reading this post to sign it immediately and let Pres. Bush know that Americans [...]
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    Posted: March 21, 2008, 8:13am EDT

  • Salon.com is Right: The Media Has Failed the American People on Iraq

    A war without any dead bodies portrayed, a war without any caskets allowed to be photographed, a war with nary a question of its motivation by the media: These are the hallmarks of the continuing and illegitimate war in Iraq and how it has played out in American public discourse [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2008, 10:49pm EDT

  • The Flawed GOP Congressional Candidates in NJ-03

    The only candidates to step forth for the difficult challenge of facing smart, well-funded Democratic state senator John Adler in New Jersey congressional district 3 are all flawed in their own way. First, there is BurlCO GOP machine-backed candidate Chris Myers, who refused to say how he would have voted [...]
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    Posted: March 03, 2008, 10:56am EST

  • Misguided Conservative Obsession with Reagan

    One of the more bizarre phenomenons of conservative thinking is to elevate the sad and unfortunate presidency of Ronald Reagan to empyrean heights, this despite Reagan's poor record and his inability to react to crises at the time. Economic conservatives laud Reagan's tax cut philosophy, yet they fail to acknowledge [...]
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    Posted: February 19, 2008, 8:15am EST

  • Van Drew Running against LoBiondo?

    Frank LoBiondo has easily held the congressional seat in NJ house district 2; that could all change with the possible entry of popular Cape May state senator Jeff Van Drew entering the race against LoBiondo. The Atlantic City Press is reporting that Van Drew is now considering running against LoBiondo, [...]
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    Posted: February 11, 2008, 8:22pm EST

  • Edwards Supporters for Obama

    Is there any remote doubt who, between Clinton and Obama, would carry on John Edwards' compelling vision for economic equality and other issues? Edwards was the candidate who drove Clinton and Obama on their respective domestic and international policies and had the strongest withdrawal plan for Iraq, the best plan [...]
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    Posted: January 31, 2008, 8:39am EST

  • Adler and Stender Poised to Pick Up Republican Congressional Seats

    Here in early 2008, New Jersey Democrats already have reason to be optimistic that two of the best prospects for red-to-blue congressional seats will indeed win in 2008: John Adler and Linda Stender are positioning themselves to win in their respective districts in November. Adler, who is my state senator, [...]
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    Posted: January 11, 2008, 2:44pm EST

  • Elect John Edwards as President of the Country

    With the middle-class squeezed more financially each day, a neverending, illegitimate war in Iraq continuing, and a natural environment that is in crises because of man-made carbon emissions, the country cannot afford another poor president who cannot respond to these crises. Edwards, who has burnished his foreign policy credentials, including [...]
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    Posted: January 02, 2008, 8:01am EST

  • The Long, Strange Case of Don Siegelman

    The Center for American Progress, Harper's, and even MSNBC have begun giving more coverage to the strange saga of former Democratic Governor Don Siegelman of Alabama. Siegelman was an extremely popular Democratic governor in a Republican state who seemingly was targeted for corruption charges because he was just that: A [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2007, 8:51am EST

  • Neocons Still Driving The Republican Bus?

    If one considers neoconservatism as the pernicious branch of conservatism that is marked by a more aggressive, even unilateral, foreign policy, most prevalently manifested in the Bush administration's false justifications to force the U.S. into war in Iraq, then one wonders just how much influence this brand of conservatism still [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2007, 10:19pm EST

  • Serious Allegations against Chris Christie

    U.S. Attorney Chris Christie, who should be commended for indicting several corrupt politicians across the state of New Jersey, has been accused of intimidating witnesses and hampering the defense in a high-profile case against state senator Wayne Bryant. This doesn't surprise me at all and speaks once again to Christie's [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2007, 8:13am EST

  • 2007: A Good Year for Dems (2008 even better?)

    2007 was a year where Democrats nationwide solidified their gains in our increasingly progressive, pro-Democratic country. On a local level, here in New Jersey, Democrats weren't expected to do well; historically speaking, the majority party, with a governor of the same party in power, usually loses seats in the state [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2007, 3:25pm EST

  • The Solid Democratic South (Jersey, that is)

    In just a few days, Democrats have the opportunity to take several South Jersey state senate seats and perhaps even some Assembly seats. From Jeff Van Drew (district 1) to Rich Dennison (district 7) to Jim Whelan (district 2) to Fran Bodine (district 8), Democrats have the opportunity to have [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2007, 11:59am EDT

  • Is George W. Bush the Worst President in American History?

    Before assessing the question in the title, I should say that I am a liberal Democrat who opposed Bush and opposed the war before such positions were the norm for majority of Americans and that I can see how some good, thoughtful voters were scared into voting for Bush in [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2007, 2:34pm EDT

  • Putting Another Dent in the 'Liberal Bias' Myth

    Thank goodness for Media Matters, a progressive media watchdog group that is finally doing what media watchers should have been doing all along: holding the media accountable for pushing conservatism unevenly over progressive politics. Media Matters has already recorded how Sunday talk shows feature far more Republicans than Democrats and [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2007, 3:10pm EDT

  • Re: On PoliticsNJ.com Bloggers Have a Following

    Matt Friedman over at politicsnj.com interviewed several bloggers from that site, including yours truly, concerning the role that bloggers have in political campaigns. Friedman focuses on the way that bloggers can influence political campaigns, if they can at all, and what following local N.J. bloggers have cultivated from their postings [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2007, 3:17pm EDT

  • John Adler for U.S. Congress, NJ-District 3

    My state senator, John Adler, is going to take on perhaps the biggest challenge of his political career: deadweight Republican incumbent John Saxton in NJ District 3. Saxton has built his reputation on helping save Ft. Dix and Ft. Monmouth from being eliminated as military bases; while Saxton certainly should [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2007, 10:32pm EDT

  • John Edwards Post-Speech Speech

    The Edwards campaign made a savvy move by having the former Senator provide a rebuttal to Pres. Bush's latest spin on the Iraq War. Edwards, who bought airtime on MSNBC, argued that Congress cannot keep funding an open-ended conflict -- echoing what Sen. Jack Reed did in an official Democratic [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2007, 10:07pm EDT

  • Larry Craig and Republican Hypocrisy

    In 2004, we were told by the Republicans that gay marriage was a dire threat to the social order; some, such as escort-seeking La. senator David Vitter, actually went so far as to call it the greatest threat facing the nation. Routinely, Republicans seek to implement anti-gay legislation, from local [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2007, 9:08pm EDT

  • Some Bad Democrats in N.J.

    As someone who loves clean government and advocates public financing of elections, I am appalled that several members of the state's Democratic Party were arrested today on corruption charges. Two of the arrested were Democratic Assemblyman, and the quotes posted on politicsnj.com and the fact that they were arrested, not [...]
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    Posted: September 06, 2007, 4:13pm EDT

  • New Jersey Republicans in for a Bleak November

    Fall seems like it's a world away in these sweltering August summer days, but the November elections will be here in just a few months, and New Jersey Democrats have the opportunity to deal a crippling blow to the Republican Party and its statewide infrastructure (if it can be argued [...]
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    Posted: August 15, 2007, 10:03am EDT

  • Howard Dean's 50-State Strategy Paying Off

    A new article from The Nation illustrates just how successful Democratic Chairman Howard Dean has been in putting forth his previously-criticized 50-State Strategy Plan for putting activists and ward leaders on the ground in every part of the country. Dean's plan for attacking Republicans in traditionally-red parts of the country [...]
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    Posted: August 03, 2007, 11:58am EDT

  • John Edwards: The Real Deal

    In my brief time as a volunteer for the Democratic Party, I've had the pleasure of supporting various candidates for public office, Jon Corzine and Bob Menendez in N.J., Jim Hodges in S.C., and Kerry/Edwards and Clinton/Gore in various states; my fervor for candidates is perhaps most active at the [...]
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    Posted: July 19, 2007, 9:47pm EDT

  • Rich Dennison For New Jersey State Senate

    Just north of my home in Camden County is the 7th district, a district which stretches from western Burlington County slightly north and westward and which trends Democratic. For years, this district has been represented by a Bush Republican, Diane Allen, who is hardly a leader in the New Jersey [...]
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    Posted: July 11, 2007, 10:35pm EDT

  • Disappointed in Immigration Bill Not Passing

    Well, today was a day when Democrats and Republicans could have done something meaningful both to help further enforcement methods for border security and bring millions of undocumented workers out of the dark and into documentation and, for some, deserved citizenship. This was one of the times when I agreed [...]
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    Posted: June 28, 2007, 4:49pm EDT

  • Defining, Understanding Neoconservatism

    One could argue that the Bush #43 administration is not traditionally conservative per se, with the expansion of government programs and other matters, but instead a variation of it, what political analysts term “neoconservatism.” Neoconservatives are marked by a more aggressive foreign policy than previous isolationist conservative policies (but was [...]
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    Posted: June 20, 2007, 10:27am EDT

  • Ending the Death Penalty in N.J. and the U.S.

    If a recent report from an independent commission (The New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission) in N.J. is adhered to, then my adopted state will be the first in the nation to abolish the death penalty completely. "There is increasing evidence that the death penalty is inconsistent with evolving standards [...]
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    Posted: June 04, 2007, 4:13pm EDT

  • United 93, 9-11 Revisited

    I. The Film

    In between doing loads of laundry yesterday, I caught most of the film United 93, which I hadn't planned on otherwise seeing, and it brought up some important issues concerning 9-11. The film was incredibly well done -- I'm not familiar with the work of the [...]
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    Posted: May 13, 2007, 10:07am EDT

  • SurveyUSA polling on Edwards

    There are millions of reasons for every Democrat, Independent, progressives and moderate voters to get behind former Sen. John Edwards and his inspiring presidential campaign, from his policy initiatives for universal health care, curbing global warming and reducing carbon emissions, creating jobs for all Americans, etc. But one of the [...]
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    Posted: May 02, 2007, 9:17pm EDT

  • Breaking News: Republican Presidential Candidates Switch Stances!

    Yes, it is true. As sometimes-independent thinking Republicans such as Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and John McCain cater to the far right bases of the Republican Party, there stances on key domestic and foreign policy issues change in an instant. Besides Romney, who recently joined the NRA and decided that [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2007, 10:46pm EDT

  • Sen. McCain and Rep. Pence on Iraq: Delusional Republicans

    If it isn't disappointing enough to watch Sen. John McCain do anything and everything to pander to the far right of the Republican Party, his recent assessment of Iraq, along with Indiana Rep. Mike Pence's, reveals a fundamental disconnect between Republican visions of grandeur (Cheney still calls Iraq a remarkable [...]
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    Posted: April 10, 2007, 11:03am EDT

  • John and Elizabeth Edwards: Grace under Fire

    I've supported John Edwards for president since his announcement, so the build-up to yesterday's news concerning Elizabeth Edwards' cancer was a time for disoncernment. The news of Elizabeth's cancer returning is not good, yet both of them handled a really difficult situation with grace and strength. John Edwards' vision for [...]
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    Posted: March 23, 2007, 5:52pm EDT

  • Media Matters' Latest Report

    Media Matters, a progressive media watchdog, have created another media analysis of Sunday Talk Shows, called "If It's Sunday, It's Still Conservative," and their findings confirm what those of us who watch the media already know: Conservative voices far outweigh progressive ones on Sunday talk shows. Their reports in the [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2007, 7:59am EDT

  • A Bush Scandal of a Different Sort

    Perhaps this blog entry should be labeled "Another Day, Another Bush Scandal," but this particular scandal, or what is amounting to one, is of a somewhat different vein than the backroom dealings the Bush administration had with Enron in creating our energy policy or their illegal and covered-up wiretapping and [...]
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    Posted: March 05, 2007, 10:48pm EST

  • Hold Republicans Accountable

    The 109th Congress, which will hopefully be the last Congress ever under Republican control, was a complete and unmitigated disaster. From tax breaks to record-profiting oil companies to blindly supporting Pres. Bush's feckless policies to ignoring a mounting health care crises in this country, the Republican power brokers proved that [...]
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    Posted: February 16, 2007, 3:52pm EST

  • More of the Same with Republican Jingoism

    With the long-deserved firing of Donald Rumsfeld, our country seemed to be on the right track for changing direction in Iraq and for replacing faux machismo bravado in the war on terror and the war in Iraq with real policy changes and a sane approach to that problem. Unfortunately for [...]
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    Posted: January 27, 2007, 10:00am EST

  • Thank you, New Jersey State Legislature and Gov. Corzine

    The New Jersey State Legislature, both the Assembly and the Senate, get a lot of flack for not enacting property tax reform in a timely enough manner and for other issues, but I want to take a moment to congratulate them and Gov. Corzine on successful human rights initiatives that [...]
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    Posted: January 06, 2007, 10:23am EST

  • John Edwards for President

    The Democratic field for 2008 is arguably stacked with high-quality candidates, from retired Gen. Wes Clark, should he decide to run, to high-octane star Barack Obama, to respectable Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, but my allegiance for the presidential race goes to former Sen. John Edwards. Edwards is arguably the most [...]
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    Posted: December 14, 2006, 5:42pm EST

  • Democratic Pragmatism

    Pragmatism. It is a word revered in American politics and perhaps one of the few systematic contributions that American thinkers have added to modern philosophy. And pragmatism is what many political commentators are calling the newly-annointed Democratic Congress to enact in their leadership role; according to this line of thinking, [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2006, 9:50am EST
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