Jeffrey C. Billman
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Can a post-Trump America pull itself back from the brink?
Watching democracy die, part 3
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Watching Democracy Die, Part 2: Our political system wasn’t designed for a perpetual turf war
Informed Dissent
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The American experiment is more fragile than you think, and it’s not just about Trump
Watching Democracy Die, Part 1
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Mitch McConnell and I – and every other white American – have benefited from white supremacy
Time to face it.
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The clock is running out on human civilization; it’s time to take the climate crisis seriously
Informed Dissent
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We’ve always known the dangers of governing by fear and pride and impulsivity. Now we’re living them
Informed Dissent
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When Trump calls his enemies traitors, don’t just roll your eyes. There’s danger amid the meltdowns
Informed Dissent
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Will the next president offer the country a reset from Trump – or push a bold, even radical new agenda?
Restoration or renovation?
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Trump is a symptom, not the disease. Defeating him is only the first step
The age of idiocracy
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The case for Donald Trump’s impeachment
It won’t work. It’s politically risky. But it’s a moral imperative.
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If we hadn’t become numb to Trump’s corruption and lies, the calls for impeachment would be deafening
A slowly boiling frog
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Trump thinks laws apply to other people, not to him. Luckily, his hacks can’t get anything done
Informed Dissent
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Quick thoughts on Kirstjen Nielsen, Joe Biden and more stories from this past week’s mayhem
Embrace the chaos
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Trump is a man surrounded by smoke shouting that there’s never been fire
Does this sound like vindication to you?
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Trump will never call white nationalism a threat – he needs it, so he feeds it
Blinded by the white
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The Republican condemnation of Ilhan Omar’s so-called hate speech is anything but sincere
Shocked, shocked