During his campaign Joe Biden made an implicit promise that he would be more empathetic and caring than his predecessor. Will that mean anything substantial? Not really.
Don’t Worry, Afghanistan, We Will Always Be Here for You
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Warmongers in both major political parties say that we shouldn’t “abandoned” Afghanistan as if a violent occupation that brutalizes the population is something that anyone who lives there wouldn’t want to see come to an end.
Got Guillotines?
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Assuming the Democrats get their way, and that’s highly unlikely, their proposal for the minimum wage isn’t really for $15 an hour. It’s for $15 an hour eventually, four years or five years from now. And the Democrats seem to be about to give that up as it is. When it comes to not doing anything for the working class, there’s lots of bipartisanship.
The Biden Administration Takes on the Big Issues
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Joe Biden takes over the presidency facing a number of pressing challenges about very important, long neglected issues, yet Democrats continue to obsess over former president Donald Trump even after they impeached him a second time.
In Afghanistan, the Lesser of Two Evils Is Anything but
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One year ago, the Trump administration signed a deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan in which they agreed to stop attacking American troops in exchange for a complete US withdrawal. Indeed, no US troops have died in Afghanistan since then. Now the Biden Administration is hinting that they may decide to go back on the deal.
To End Virtual Instruction, End Virtual Funding
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Americans have been neglecting public education for many decades. Buildings are old and have outdated ventilation systems. Classrooms are overcrowded. Teachers are under compensated. Now everyone’s talking about how important it is for kids to get back to school following or during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, but they still don’t want to fix those issues. Then they blame the teachers unions for refusing to let their members risk their lives because the community is too cheap to make school safe.
There Is No Good Side
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What to do about the military coup in Myanmar is the latest of a standard dilemma for American foreign policy makers. A military junta has overthrown the democratically elected president. However, that president, who used to be a darling of human rights organizations, turns out to have endorsed ethnic cleansing. Sometimes there are no good sides; usually the best thing to do is nothing at all.
When They Impeached Trump, I Didn’t Say Anything Because…
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As it became evident that the second attempt to impeach Donald Trump would fail, they began to be an outcry against Republican senators who voted against convicting him in the Senate. What next?
Donald Trump’s Funeral
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Whatever happened to Donald Trump politically in the future, it’s clear what his day-to-day life is going to look like: subpoenas, depositions, and countless investigations. The way things are looking now, who knows? Maybe he’ll even be impeached again.
It’s Not How Long It Takes, It’s How Big It Is
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Progressives and centrist Democrats often seem to be speaking different languages. Currently centrists are defending Joe Biden by pointing out that fixing the mess left by Donald Trump will take time. But that’s not something progressives disagree with. They are complaint is that Biden isn’t ambitious enough.
