Author and entrepreneur Seth Godin says he credits his many successes to his abundance of failures. This concept helps me understand Bill Clinton — who talks more and has accomplished more than most any other human being alive. But despite leading us through eight years of general peace and prosperity where 22 million jobs were created, his record is defined […]

It’s all about boosting the ego of white guys who thought they’d do better with their lives It’s almost forgotten history that at this point in the 2012 election, Rick Santorum was leading Mitt Romney in the national polls. The former Senator and spokesman for homophobia could have taken the delegate lead by defeating Mitt here in Michigan. But then […]

It’s time to start giving Donald Trump some credit. The billion-dollar baby deftly figured out that the GOP has the immune system of an earthworm. The party’s warring factions, weak leadership and corruption of the campaign finance system have made it ripe for a parasite to infect and capture its host’s brain while it’s still praying for Jeb Bush to […]

Racism must be called by name if we want to undo the damage of conservative policies Call it karma. Call it poetic justice. But definitely don’t ignore it. Non-white voters will decide who becomes the Democratic nominee for president. And non-white voters will decide who the next president of the United States will be. Former senior advisor to President Obama […]

Welcome to your nightmare Something terrifying is about to happen. Barring a calamitous natural disaster, the reveal of the greatest prank show in human history or a failure of polling so absolute that it would become an honorary Bush brother, some Americans are about to cast their votes to make Donald Trump president of the United States. But since it’s […]

Elections Matter: The Fiduciary Standard Edition You’ve probably haven’t heard anything about it but the “most, intensive coordinated lobbying effort that Capitol Hill has ever seen is going on right now,” according to lawyer, financial planner and academic Ron Rhoades. You should listen Bloomberg’s Barry Ritholtz interview Rhoades about this now. Billions of dollars of inflated fees are at stake, […]

How something so right had to go so wrong The last time Republicans won a presidential election it was 2004. George W. Bush prevailed by trumpeting his ability to keep us safe, despite the 9/11 attacks and the failing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, while his domestic agenda revolved around supporting “traditional marriage” and immigration reform. Deep in his campaign […]

Help us reveal what the hell is going on. Donate now. It took a genuine catastrophe in Flint for people to notice, but what’s going on in Michigan should be a screeching alarm to America of the dangers of right-wing governance. Rick Snyder’s soggy demeanor and business connections bless him with the shiny veneer of being a “moderate.” Few people […]

The Affordable Care Act has led us into the best job creation of the century, exactly the opposite of what the GOP predicted The predictions were ridiculous. Implement Obamacare and we’ll get a “total economic collapse.” Or maybe we’ll just “ruin our economy.” Rush Limbaugh more modestly said it would cost us “2.5 million jobs, minimum.” Instead we just got […]

A bunch of half-assed governors, sorry senators and actual clowns are blasting the record of a president who prevented a Great Depression It’s pretty likely that you aren’t aware that it seems that the last two years have been the best two years of job creation since 1998-1999. And even if you are aware of this, most people aren’t. They […]

An apology must be just the beginning of the investment that must be made to rebuild the city This week the people of Flint, Michigan finally got an apology from the governor who appointed both the Emergency Manager who approved the poisoning of the city’s water and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality officials who dismissed citizens’ “perfectly legitimate scientific […]