Focusing the Message: How Bernie Sanders Needs to Talk to Americans
I have spent a lot of time thinking about the Soviet Union and China in the past few weeks. These...
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Bernie Sanders: The Jew Who Came to Dinner
Elizabeth Warren has faced entrenched sexism at every turn in her personal, professional, and...
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Selling Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren is out of the race; and if you haven’t already, you’re going to see a lot of...
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I Feel the Bern… Give Me Some Aloe
For a long time, I have seen Bernie Sanders as a human Grumpy Cat with a deep disdain for...
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Wood on Wednesday: RWNJ in Recovery
I have mentioned in several of my pieces that I grew up in an ultra-conservative far-right church...
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Peter MacKay Calls for Vigilante Justice Against Wet’suwet’en Sympathizer Protests
As the Wet’suwet’en resistance and the solidarity protests and blockades carry on,...
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Social Media is Killing Us
Houston, we have a problem. As I got online this morning and checked my social media feeds, I just...
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J’Accuse: Brant Rosen’s Testimony at The People’s Removal Trial of Donald Trump
The people met on Saturday, February 1, in Daley Plaza in Chicago to hold Donald Trump to account....
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Speaking Out Both Sides of Their Mouth: Canada and National Self-Determination
Like all countries, Canada has an international agenda and a reputation to maintain. This is,...
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Magical Thinking and the Conservative Mind
Candice Keller and Ron Hood had a moment in the media spotlight last week when they introduced...
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The ANTIFA Is Not the Enemy
The viral video of ANTIFA shouting at an elderly couple, driving the woman to tears, as her and...
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The Case for Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang is the candidate in the Democratic primary race that can best be described as the...
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Justin Trudeau’s Second Chance
When Canadians went to the polls on Monday, they sent a clear message to Justin Trudeau and his...
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The Empty Gestures of #Hashtag Activism
As the season of Columbus/Indigenous People’s Day and Thanksgiving fall upon us, we will most...
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Why We Won’t Vote
Canada is in the midst of a federal election and there are ads everywhere. There are ads telling...
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Lies, Damn Lies, and BDS
If you spend enough time in the Jewish social media universe, you start to see the same questions...
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A Cheese Sandwich and Glass of Milk: Canada Goes to the Polls
And they’re off! The Canadian election began this morning at about 10:00, when Prime Minister...
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Greenland and the Reactionary Mind
One might have though that President Trump’s idea to purchase Greenland from Denmark would be one...
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Mass Demonstrations in America: The Curious Ignorance of Scott Gilmore
There are few things so rank as self-righteous ignorance, and Scott Gilmore’s op-ed article in Maclean’s magazine on August 10 fairly reeks of it…
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When Stupid is Compounded by Stupid: Twitter and Mitch McConnell
Let me make this clear at the outset: I do not like Mitch McConnell. I think he’s a...
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