Michael A Maynard

The Gettysburg Address 150 Years Ago And Now: Lincoln, Obama and The Great Task Remaining

The Gettysburg Address 150 Years Ago And Now: Lincoln, Obama and The Great Task Remaining

One hundred fifty years later, President Lincoln's Great Task remains uncompleted.

10 years ago

Senator Elizabeth Warren And The New Economic Populism

Will Senator Elizabeth Warren's political economic populist movement change US economics and politics now and in the future?

10 years ago

‘People With Conventional Views’: Welcome To The Real Modern Family, Washington Post.

The political and media firestorm about Richard Cohen's recent column, as typical, missed the real issues.

10 years ago

They Were Born That Way: Is This John Boehner’s ENDA?

John Boehner's reaction in not wanting to hold a vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act legislation is still wrong.

10 years ago

Are We Safe From Congress? Senator Orrin Hatch And The Politics Of Vitamins

The Senior Senator from Utah is endangering lives by putting his personal gain before the public's health.

10 years ago

Winners and Losers From Last Night’s Off-Off Year Elections

There were many winners and losers (and one who won and lost) in last night's elections, but the biggest winner…

10 years ago

The New Paranoid Style In American Politics: Have You No Decency, Sir?

Ted and Rafael Cruz are just two more in a long line of American political paranoiacs. The list of conspiracy…

11 years ago

The Affordable Care Act Ain’t Broke: So Let’s Fix Healthcare.gov (Quickly, Please)

The healthcare.gov website has been online for 2 weeks. It works, but must be improved. There has been an overload…

11 years ago

IT’S TEOTWAWKI REDUX, NOT! Obamacare And The Exploitation of Technology Fear.

The right-wing uses the people's fear of new technology to try to stop "Obamacare". Many experts said that Y2K would…

11 years ago

The Body’s Impolitic (Again): Why Is Jesse Ventura Running For President?

Former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura is back in the headlines. He plans to run for President in 2016, if…

11 years ago

How The Tea Party and Republicans Continue to Blow Golden Opportunities

The Tea Party and the Republicans could have led a much-needed national debate about the role and size of the…

11 years ago

The Unusual Suspect: The Surprising Koch Fueled Return of Edwin Meese

Why was Edwin Meese hired by the Koch Brothers to be a Tea Party strategist?

11 years ago