Democrats Fiddle While Republicans Stack the Electoral Deck

I am becoming increasingly impatient with the Democratic Party’s leaders and Democratic members of the House and Senate as the days of September slip by with no visible progress on anything. The double-tracked “infrastructure” bills lie dead in the water while Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinema play statespersons—not because they are, but because they can. … Read more

What to Do when Democracy Can’t Wait

Recently, your correspondent and his wife attended a “Democracy Can’t Wait” rally at Himmel Park in Tucson. The organizer, Eric Robbins, was enthusiastic and urged all of us to take on three “Ten-tasks” in the coming weeks. More on that later. We attended the rally because we truly believe that Democrats in Congress need to … Read more