The debate over whether to bomb Syria feels just like run-up to the invasion of Iraq. It’s on a much smaller scale, and some of the facts are different. But the similarities are enough to make me think back to why I left mainstream journalism and openly embraced liberalism. Mainstream journalism was once a comfortable […]

Reading around the history of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, it’s interesting to me that, fifty years later, the progressive movement faces the same opponents that it did then: the plutocrats, the bigots, and the war-mongers. Four years after the march, here’s Dr. King from his “Beyond Vietnam” speech: “When machines and […]

For the first time ever in my life, I just watched the entirety of the “I Have a Dream” speech on All In with Chris Hays on MSNBC. Of course, it was inspiring. Two other thoughts: First, I didn’t realize this. He set aside his prepared remarks to deliver the most memorable parts of the […]