Manufacturing is a strategic growth industry for the Dayton region. We are home to large manufacturers like DMAX and MAHLE Behr Dayton and are the choice for new manufacturers like Fuyao. In addition, we welcome hundreds of smaller firms making the parts needed for cars, airplanes and medical supplies. And between our two universities, Wright-Patterson…
One of the frustrations of being a ‘rational’ progressive is watching people you largely agree with be completely wrongheaded in the way they pursue progressive goals. I am a bang for the buck kind of guy. Human capital is limited, so I like to see progressives devote energy and resources where they can do the…
Setting aside the “zero cost sharing = appointments for stubbed toes” issue, and even setting aside the holy hell which would be raised by rich people and powerful corporations over the tax hikes (not to mention the entire health insurance industry over a move which would put them all out of business and by the…
The election for the nomination and the presidency is over. Clinton won. So why do you see so many anti Bernie posts on this page if he can’t win? Remember folks, I am not a Democrat. I believe in rational analysis, and intelligent, effective policy, and electing those people best equipped to move a progressive…
Hillary Clinton and Sanders need to give plans for executive branch action, given gridlock in Congress. In response, on Twitter, some Sanders supporters said this was wrong: That Sanders—with a long career in lawmaking—could win Republican support; that Sanders would use the bully pulpit to rally voters; and that a Sanders win would necessarily bring…
Last week Bernie Sanders was asked whether he was in favor of “reparations for slavery.” It is worth considering Sanders’s response in full: No, I don’t think so. First of all, its likelihood of getting through Congress is nil. Second of all, I think it would be very divisive. The real issue is when we…
I am a progressive. I want the things Bernie promises for this country. I want universal health care, and free higher education, and reduced incarceration, and an end to the artificial redistribution of wealth into the pockets of the filthy rich. But I also understand basic civics, and I read the news, so I know that…
Sanders’s core argument is that the problems of the American economy require far more drastic remedies than anything the Obama administration has done, or that Clinton proposes to build on. Clinton has put little pressure on Sanders’s fatalistic assessment, but the evidence for it is far weaker than he assumes. Sanders has grudgingly credited what…
The primary is all about distinguishing who you think the best candidate is to compete in the general election to become president. Below is a handy chart where you can see some data we thought relevant in a convenient side by side format. By the metrics used for the issues meter in the chart, -10…
Some have been trying to warn Bernie and his crew for months. The tea bagger behavior will not fly with hardcore progressives and Dems. We see nothing wrong with pragmatism and adaptability. We see nothing wrong with incremental progress. But no, the Bernie Bots drink the tea morning, noon, and night. They refuse to…
Hillary Clinton is the impossible woman. The pressures she lives under, every moment of her life, are all-encompassing. She doesn’t have an inch of leeway, a single safe option; there is no version of Hillary Clinton that won’t be attacked. So the version of Hillary Clinton we get—this conflicted, conflict-inspiring candidate, the woman who has…
Among supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, suspicions that the game is rigged against their candidate went into overdrive this past week — no thanks to the public endorsement of that theory from Sanders himself. On Tuesday in Iowa, Clinton’s comments directed toward Sanders supporters are not likely to change that perception. Asked by an…
There has been a lot of talk about righties masquerading as supporters of various candidates to influence outcomes in the Dem nomination process. We know that it is true, but it is difficult to gauge the actual level. Lately I have received some criticism for resorting to a ‘snarky’ tone and over-zealous criticism of Bernie…
Editor’s note: Linda J. and her family are Syrian refugees who made their way from Damascus to Baltimore. She worked with a caseworker and a translator from the International Rescue Committee, the nonprofit agency that helped them resettle here, to tell her family’s story of asylum. The Washington Post agreed that she could abbreviate her…
So apparently Ben Carson lied. Really, I don’t care much for this kind of story whether it is about a Republican or Hillary Clinton. If you can’t tell that this person should never get anywhere NEAR the White House by listening to him for five minutes – ANY five minutes – then the lies will…
The full text of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement has been released. For all those complaining about how this is a secret deal, you’ve got a lot of dry reading ahead. Here’s the link: TPP Full Text
Sanders joins a long tradition of liberal politicians around the world who laud Denmark, Sweden and Norway (and sometimes Finland and Iceland, which aren’t technically part of Scandinavia) for their equality and prosperity. These northern European countries enjoy a reputation for being peaceful, egalitarian, progressive, liberal and educated, and having excellent furniture and crime novels, too. For whatever…
A national uproar over racial profiling erupted in the 1990s after New Jersey state troopers were found to have focused on minority drivers for traffic stops in hopes of catching drug couriers. Thousands of local law enforcement departments and more than a dozen state police agencies began collecting traffic-stop information as a result.In the seven…
Despite the repeated claims by Gowdy that he is objective, the conclusions he will reach are already clear; he publicly stated them before the committee was formed in May 2014. In November 2012, Gowdy released a statement proclaiming as fact that the Obama administration “intentionally misled the American people” about the Benghazi attack. About a…
After a commanding performance in this week’s Democratic presidential debate, Hillary Clinton reclaimed some of the ground she’d lost to Senator Bernie Sanders over the summer, leaving the two candidates in a statistical dead heat in New Hampshire, a Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll found. The survey, conducted Wednesday and Thursday, showed Clinton pulling ahead of…