How the Democratic Party still decides its leaders (click to enlarge)by Gaius PubliusIn most of the developed world, the leaders of a political party are elected by the voters in that party, not party insiders. For example, in the U.K. in 2015, Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour Party — not Prime Minister, party leader — with 59% of the vote.
by Gaius PubliusFrom my mother's sleep I fell into the State—Randall JarrellI'll have a whole lot more to say about this subject later. But so this piece doesn't turn into an essay, let me expand just briefly on a theme I've been discussing by borrowing a few words from Chris Hedges.The theme?
Dying of drugs and despair — causes of death in the working class, from a 2015 study. by Gaius PubliusPart of the surprising primary-season discovery that Trump was popular, was the discovery of where he was popular. Put bluntly, he was popular where people, especially working class people, were dying.
U.S. industrial policy, as practiced (click to enlarge; source)by Gaius PubliusI was of two minds, Like a treeIn which there are two blackbirds. (with apologies to Wallace Stevens)Much of the debate around U.S.
Notice the massive river deltas (blue dots) and other large low-lying areas (purple), including the North China Plain, the Chinese "breadbasket" (source; click to open at full size in a new tab).by Gaius PubliusWe're about to witness a kind of "perfect storm," perhaps in our lifetime — the confluence of soon-to-be out-of-control climate degradation
Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer. Will he lead a loyal opposition to Trump or a disloyal one? How many Democrats will collaborate in the Age of Trump? by Gaius PubliusIf Democrats do not succeed at being seen as the nation's rescuer, someone else will. And that will definitely not be good ...
"You think you're so clever and classless and free..."(so many versions, so little time)by Gaius PubliusThis matters, both the Carrier settlement itself (how it was achieved) and the Sanders pushback against it. Let's start with Sanders, then go to the settlement. Sanders writes (my bolded emphasis):
by Gaius PubliusThe clip above is an interview Thom Hartmann did with Forbes writer and commentor Eamonn Fingleton, whom the headline touts as "The Man Who Predicted Trump," a true statement, by the way. That prediction came in February 2016, as noted at the start of the conversation in the clip. Here Fingleton and Hartmann discuss Trump, U.S.
