BusinessThe Socialist’s Journal: NBA Free Agency *The facts are simple. DeAndre Jordan agreed to a free agent contract with the Dallas Mavericks before he could; DeAndre …
Barack and Michelle ObamaThe Socialist’s Journal: The Peril of Being Hillary Clinton *If you had never heard of Donald Trump and his oversized ego, you might think it possible that he is playing a role to …
ColumnsThe Socialist’s Journal: Quick Hits Part 2 *There are plenty of reasons not to like Hillary Clinton as a potential president; plenty of reasons not to vote for …
ColumnsThe Socialist’s Journal: Supremacists *Chris Rock has a bit in one of his comedy specials about how it’s okay if fat women talk about skinny women, or how …
ColumnsThe Socialist’s Journal: Hope Solo as a Feminist Hero *If we start from the premise that feminism is a perspective on the world that considers women the same as men then it …
ColumnsThe Socialist’s Journal: A Time and a Place Part 2 *Last week I spoke about knowing when to try and make a point about the way law enforcement officers police people of …
ColumnsThe Socialist’s Journal: A Time and a Place (What Charlena Michelle Cooks Should’ve Done) *Last week police in Barstow, California were exposed as having been unnecessarily forceful with a pregnant …
ColumnsThe Socialist’s Journal: The Duggar Scandal *I’m not quite sure why TLC is cancelling the Duggar show. Or even if it is in fact getting cancelled. But here is the …
ColumnsThe Socialist’s Journal: The Fourth Major Sport *As a native of New York City this spring marks the third time in the past few years that I have gotten interested in …
ColumnsThe Socialist’s Journal: Draft Day *Bear with me because this should have been written a few weeks ago. The NFL draft is the biggest non-event in …
ColumnsThe Socialist’s Journal: Teenage Sexting *What do you do if a group of teenage boys share a bunch of sexts sent to them by a bunch of teenage girls? If you are a …
ColumnsThe Socialist’s Journal: Opting Out – Common Core *For the past two weeks, parents throughout New York have been keeping their kids out of school in protest of the new …
ColumnsThe Socialist’s Journal: NBA Playoffs *I generally define conservatism as wanting to keep things the same or trying to get things back to how they once were. …
ColumnsThe Socialist’s Journal: The Problem with Theocracy *Last week I said to let me know when the issue with Indiana’s new religious freedom law had run its course. Ultimately …
ColumnsThe Socialist’s Journal: Quick Hits 2015 Part 1 *The fact that there is a coalition of countries from the Middle East preparing to deal with the situation in Yemen is …