War With Iran
CNN viewers say U.S. is LOSING the war. Please explain
Iran has lost control of its skies, the seas, its ability to fire ICBMs, its long-time Supreme Leader, almost everything but its bowels.
Political Moderation
NYTimes preaches moderation to Democrats
American politics today can seem to be dominated by extremes. President Trump is carrying out far-right policies, while some of the country’s highest-profile Democrats identify as democratic socialists. Moderation sometimes feels outdated. It is not.
Culture
Prof defines America in 100 charts
You can learn a lot about an author from what s/he [I don’t like “they” when gender is uncertain] thinks is important enough to include on the back cover of a book. Here’s a couple of quotes from Scott Galloway’s “Adrift: America in 100 charts”: “A
Cartoon
Is this cartoon racist, or just impolite?
Cartoonist Michael Ramirez is a progressive’s worst nightmare. In addition to a tightly focused conservative world view, his acid-dipped pen produces work that is simultaneously insightful and somewhat insulting. Like this one: This appeared in the Washington Post, for which the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner draws twice a week, along
Politics
College debt? Mostly it’s the rich
One reason I like Michael Smerconish’s Saturday morning CNN show is that I almost always learn something I didn’t know. That’s something I try to provide on Stubykofsky.com — something you don’t know. This past week, Smerconish did a segment on college debt forgiveness, which I
Politics
“Voter suppression”? Not so much, research shows
The long-held, but unchallenged, assumption that “voter suppression” changes the outcome of elections, has now been challenged — and refuted. The analysis comes from respected Emory University prof Alan Abramowitz, and his work has gotten far less attention than it should. And when it is published, his work is usually under