The essence of prejudice is the unequal measurement of the qualities, achievements and failings of two groups of people. Prejudiced people use a trick scale — one that always tilts in their favor. It always measures the failings of themselves and the group of people they belong to as slight…

Foreign influence connects all the most serious allegations American foreign policy should be run for the benefit of the country not the benefit of any individual government official. That is what fundamentally makes Trump’s request for a personal favor from the president of Ukraine wrong and criminal. The Emolument’s clause…

I’m a centrist. My policy preferences are much closer to those of Barrack Obama and Bill Clinton than Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. But as everyone agrees, the most important thing in this next Presidential election is who can beat Trump and to my eyes, the progressive candidates look better. …

The Democratic Leadership’s current argument against impeachment is that the process should only be started if public support is high enough that even Senate Republicans would support it. …

Yes, you can! The special council’s office has now stated in open court that the office believes the possibility of a presidential pardon is interfering with its investigation. The office stated that it influenced Paul Manafort to stop cooperating in the Russia probe. Given this outrage, House Democrats must demand that the president…

The resistance needs a counter-intelligence unit The essence of any true tyranny is the use of police power to crush dissent. If leaders can arrest and intimidate detractors, then they can maintain the appearance of legitimacy and even the trappings of democracy — elections and free speech — without risk…

The clearest evidence that Democratic leaders don’t know how to fight for the party came recently in a segment about impeachment on Samantha Bee’s show Full Frontal. …

Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are wrong to tell Democrats to shut up about impeachment. Their attitude reflects the kind of appeasing, poll-driven, compromising type of Democratic politics that has kept the party in a constant state of defensiveness and ideological retreat for over 30 years. That’s not to say…

The Democratic Party is debating the wrong things. As after every election loss, Democrats are discussing what ideas and policies to support to win future elections. …