Month: November 2016

In the discussion of what went wrong, very little has focused on the advertising.  This is probably wrong headed – Clinton based much of her strategy on TV advertising. This was her closing ad – and the only to...

This week’s video is from Sleigh Bells: The song was featured in a key scene toward the end of season one of Jessica Jones. The rest of their work is worth checking out. See you next week, when I have another one...

Laurie Penny, The New Statesman: No, identity politics is not to blame for the failures of the left All politics are identity politics, but some identities are more politicised than others. The notion that the politics of...

In the aftermath on the housing crisis that led to the Great Recession, Bruce Springsteen wrote a song about it called Death to My Hometown.  Here are some of the lyrics: I awoke on a quiet night, I never heard a sound The...

The Republicans have issued a legal complaint against Jill Stein’s recounts in Wisconsin and Michigan on the basis that Stein is the one legally compelling the recount, but the only possible beneficiary is Clinton. That...