Small Acts of Legal Resistance
May 15, 2025 While the Trump administration has initiated dangerous Executive Orders and policy changes at a dizzying pace, it has been countered at every... Read more.
The Constitution of Freedom: A Reply to Micah Beckwith’s Misreading of the 3/5 Compromise
Lt. Governor Micah Beckwith recently took to X to post a short video denouncing the “DEI radical revisionist history” taught by “professors at woke schools.”... Read more.
Letter to a Ukrainian Friend
Photo: “President Trump clashes with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Meeting in the Oval Office on Feb. 28, 2025.” Source: The White House. From Wikimedia... Read more.
Introduction: South Korean Students Respond to the Crisis of Their Democracy
Photo: ‘Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea signing resolution approving the Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol,’ 14 December 2024. 대한민국 국회,... Read more.
Why Tim Walz Is the Right Pick for Vice President
The few weeks of speculation are over. Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her VP running mate. All six of the leading candidates had strengths... Read more.
Kamala Harris and the Future of American Democracy
The prospects for American democracy seemed dimmer than at any time since Donald Trump won the 2016 Presidential election. Harris’s ascendancy has changed... Read more.
Joe Biden Is Now Democracy’s Greatest Liability
Joe Biden’s performance last night in CNN’s so-called “debate” with Donald Trump was a monumental disaster, for his campaign and for everyone... Read more.
Understanding the Difference Between Anti-Semitism and Pro-Palestinian Activism
We must be as clear as possible about what is anti-Semitism and what it is not, so that real political differences are not transformed into existential confrontations.... Read more.
Reflections on the War between Israel and Hamas
Voices of sanity are in danger of being drowned out by the rhetoricians of all-out war When violence answers violence in a growing frenzy that makes the simple language... Read more.
Why Liz Cheney Matters and Her Defeat Matters Too
By opposing Trump, she is opposing Trumpism, an authoritarian, xenophobic, and racist movement that has taken over the Republican party. It’s now official.... Read more.