Ain’t No Party Like a Third Party
“I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.” – Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America...
View ArticleMuzzling The Ron Paul Revolutionaries…For Now
If you want to know why Ron Paul supporters are the way they are, all you need to do is head down to a day game at Wrigley Field. While the vast majority of fans will be perfectly happy to play hooky...
View ArticleJill Stein: Activism, Populism and a Bid for The White House
If you can’t take the hate, get out of the convention. You might as well put that bad boy in Poor Richard’s Almanack because it’s the God’s honest truth. At least it is for me. I couldn’t force myself...
View ArticleThe Green Party: A Third Party That Comes in Fourth
Of all of the counties, in all of the battleground states in this election, there is only one who is still counting votes: Palm Beach County. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because this is the same...
View ArticleClowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right: Progressive Third Party...
It was all Nader’s fault. Never mind the butterfly ballots and the hanging chads. Forget about Palm Beach County’s sudden and accidental infatuation with Pat Buchanan(1) and Katherine Harris’s purging...
View ArticleIt’s Not Always Greener On The Other Side: Jill Stein & The Fight For Third...
If there is truth in the old saying that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, it may be fast approaching the time that progressives in the United...
View ArticleFear and Loathing (But Mostly Just Fear) At The RNC on Opening Night
It is easy to look at the discordant yammerings of the speakers on the first night of the Republican National Convention and lose yourself in the inherent absurdity and grotesqueness of it all. From...
View ArticleNotable Only In Its Absence: Third Party Presidential Candidates Nonexistent...
In a presidential election characterized by dissatisfaction with the status quo, why are third party candidates silent on HIV? ——– What is the victory of a third party candidate in a presidential...
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