VIDEO: Nobel Prize Winning Economist Paul Krugman exchanges views with Economist Richard Wolff regarding Bernie and Socialism (includes transcript)
An exchange American Political Junkies won't want to miss - Aly Kamadia, Editor-In-Chief, iDose
I was Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton: Bloomberg is an Oligarch trying to buy the US Presidency
3 minute read "I’m not saying that great wealth should disqualify you from becoming president...The problem lies at the nexus of wealth and power, where those with great wealth use it to gain great power. This is how oligarchy destroys democracy," writes Robert Reich, (former) Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, University of California (Feb. 19th, 2020)
Think the US is more polarized than ever? You don’t know history
3 minute read "As a historian who has written and taught about the Civil War era for several decades, I know that current divisions pale in comparison to those of the mid-19th century," writes Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia (Feb. 19th, 2020)
KAMADIA – Victorious Sanders supporters feeling the Bern, as Elites feel Heartburn: State of the Race (Some thoughts / Q&A)
"Though even as he claimed the majority of votes in the first two States, Sanders was all too sober about the challenges that lied in any path to victory. His enemies were watching on full alert," writes Aly Kamadia, Editor-In-Chief, iDose (Feb 12th, 2020)
This is how ancient Rome’s republic Died: A Classicist sees troubling parallels at Trump’s impeachment trial
4 minute read "Many higher-ups in the Trump administration, from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to former Secretary of Energy Rick Perry to former Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, have spoken publicly of Trump as a divinely chosen figure. And Trump himself declared earlier this year, 'I do really believe we have God on our side,'" writes Timothy Joseph, College of the Holy Cross (Feb. 12th, 2020)
Iowa Voting was chaotic but got one thing right: Paper Ballots
2 minute read "If hacked, an electronic voting machine cannot be trusted to count votes accurately," writes Herbert Lin, Stanford University (Feb. 5th, 2020)
KAMADIA – Election Update: Biden gets Destroyed in Iowa
1 minute read "What the hell happened in Iowa?!" writes Aly Kamadia, Editor-In-Chief, iDose (Feb 5th, 2020)
KAMADIA – I was right about Trump’s Impeachment. Here’s why way too many experts were dead wrong
2 minute read By Aly Kamadia, Editor-In-Chief, iDose (Feb. 5th, 2020)
KAMADIA – American Election Begins: Can Trump Be Defeated?
By Aly Kamadia, Editor-In-Chief, iDose (Jan. 29th, 2020)