Author: bento

The talk of Calexit right now might seem still at the level of fringe grumbling, but one in three Californians support it, and the first stage has been OK’d for the 2018 ballot. The Civil War demonstrated that secession is...

Today, Krugman tweeted this: Thought: There was (rightly) a cloud of illegitimacy over Bush, dispelled (wrongly) by 9/11. Creates some interesting incentives for Trump— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) December 16, 2016 The...

Josh Marshall has a good article today pointing out that Russian hacking was announced during the election and greeted with ostentatious yawns by Republicans. What he misses is why the Republicans do care now. The post-election...

Every day brings more proof that Donald Trump will be an absolute disaster as President, one thoroughly dwarfing the disaster that was George W. Bush. The CIA statement of Russian interference in the election creates a further...

We must win.  We have no choice.  The world cannot afford for us to lose nobly. We must win. This is not just a matter of better policies as opposed to worse. It is not even just a matter of justice. It is a matter of...