As James Carville explained 25 years ago, elections are decided by the way they are framed. In choosing a candidate, a persuadable voter is answering a question and a skilled campaign influences what question...
The mass murderer in Las Vegas (58 killed, nearly 500 hurt) reportedly had 23 guns in that hotel room. At least 12 were assault weapons equipped with “bump-fire” stocks which allowed those weapons to...
We’ve just survived the umpteenth attempt by conservatives to take health coverage away from tens of millions of Americans while both increasing costs and decreasing the quality of coverage for the rest of us....
We are about to embark on a nationwide debate over taxes. Newspapers want to call this a debate over “tax reform.” It is not. Progressives should never say “tax reform” and never accept this...
Anti-government extremists now control both our federal government and most states. In general, they believe in a Ronald Reagan quote—taken completely out of context—that “government is the problem.” And yet, Hurricane Harvey illustrates that...
As white supremacists and neo-Nazis crawl out of the woodwork and try to infest our communities with hate, it is important to contest their revisionist history. You know that Trumpism is based on white...
Last week, the Senate and House Minority Leaders published op-eds in the New York Times and the Washington Post announcing their new messaging under the banner of “A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages,...
This is from our newly-published 3rd Edition of Voicing Our Values, which you can read here. The following questions are phrased from a relatively hostile point of view. Whether the questioner is actually hostile or...
This is from our newly-published 3rd Edition of Voicing Our Values, which you can read here. The following questions are phrased from a relatively hostile point of view. Whether the questioner is actually hostile...
Available at this website and on Amazon in two weeks: Voicing Our Values: A messaging guide for policymakers and advocates, Third Edition. Most Americans are progressive on most issues. By margins of at least...