“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye but do not notice the log in your…

Let’s talk about culture. Culture is everywhere — it’s the air we breathe, the water we swim in. It permeates everything we do, but we rarely give it due diligence. Partly, this is a result of how we take most culture entirely for granted. “Of course, it’s not raining because…

The graph above is very, very, very bad news politically. Potential implications for the United States. What’s Happening: France chooses their president in two rounds: in the first round, candidates from many different parties get voted on; in the second round, the French people choose between the top two vote-getters of Round…

In a political analyst application I submitted a little over a week ago — that is, before President Biden’s first State of the Union — I was asked: What is your theory for how to win a national election in the current political environment? This was how I answered… At the risk of stating the obvious, there is no single path to winning a national election…

For those of you who read Part One of this post, we have already covered important ground: · The Big Risk: Congress doing nothing to protect democracy in 2022 · Democracy Advocates’ Two Teams: Team Whole Loaf pursuing the potentially out-of-reach Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act (FTV:JRLA) and Team…

Warning: Just like my shitty photoshopped JPG, this two-parter post will probably piss you off at some point. It’s hard to think about the situation honestly without getting pissed off. Stick with it, and I think you’ll find it rewarding by the end. Barreling Toward Failure Democracy advocates, imagine with me: It’s the…

The central question is: What makes Manchin tick? — Few challenges have been more vexing for the Democratic Party of the 117th Congress than unlocking Sen. Joe Manchin’s vote for progressive legislation. From casting the 50th vote for last spring’s $1.9T emergency COVID funding to blowing up the Build Back Better Act in December, Manchin has repeatedly been the…

Anyone closely following Christianity in contemporary America knows that an increasingly small percent of Americans either belong to a church or self-identify as Christian. These trends are precipitous and unprecedented, especially among younger people, and one of the most dramatic shifts has been in the percentage of young white Americans…