Rauner Wants the Budget Crisis: It’s a Feature, not a Bug

In a speech covered by Capitol Fax yesterday, Speaker Madigan reminded everyone of the history of the last year:  Democrats passed a...

Constitution-Loving Republicans Flout Constitution to Protect their Party Interests

President Obama spoke last week at the U of Chicago Law School (where he used to teach constitutional law) to, among other...

Time to Pass the Baton!

A notice from NTDO Chair Dianne McGuire: I would like to announce that I will not be seeking a fourth...

EJ Dionne: Why the Right Went Wrong

Here James Fallows gives us a fascinating interview with EJ Dionne, on the subject of Dionne’s latest book.  The thoughtful...

Tribalism and the Two Stories of America on Display This Election

I’ve been thinking about this marvelous and distressing Facebook posting from our friend Bob Fine the other day, in which...

Invitation to “Mosque Alert” On Stage

You’ll recall that our friends from Silk Road Rising have been giving us an inside glimpse at the development of their...

The Dissolution of the Republican Party, and of What Else?

The Donald is blowing the GOP to pieces.  In a way it’s gratifying to watch – they’ve been playing with...

The Pre-Primary Countdown

The Candidate Extravaganza held at the February 25th NTDO meeting was a wonderfully inspirational and exceptional experience! We heard from the...

Reasons for Hope Around Climate Change

I came across this wonderful TED Talk about climate change and reasons to be hopeful that we can address it...

NYRB: The Koch Brothers’ New Brand

Jane Mayer’s remarkable new book makes it abundantly clear that the Kochs, and the closely connected group of billionaires they’ve...