Don Hazen, AlterNet. July 14, 2008. This week's New Yorker cover image of the Obamas is shocking in the racism and gross stereotyping that is built into its supposed satire.
Bernie Horn, TomPaine.com. April 30, 2008. The health care debate is not about right versus left. It's about McCain's radical scheme to dump our employer-provided health coverage into a ditch.
Bernie Horn, Berrett-Koehler Publishing. March 27, 2008. Progressives have allowed right-wing extremists to hijack our ideals. It's time to right that wrong.
Joe Brewer, George Lakoff, The Rockridge Institute. February 28, 2008. How politicians communicate has more influence than policy details. Why else would the public accept destructive practices like domestic spying?
Terrence McNally, AlterNet. October 24, 2007. All logic points to Republican losses in 2008. But logic doesn't vote -- and logic doesn't win elections.
George Lakoff, AlterNet. August 20, 2007. "Centrism" is the creation of an inaccurate self-serving metaphor which marginalizes the progressive cause, and it is time to bury it.
Drew Westen, The American Prospect. June 25, 2007. When it comes to gun control, Democrats fall silent. As with many hot-button social issues, they can't figure out how to reach people's emotions. Here's how they can regain their moral compass -- and their power of speech.
George Lakoff, AlterNet. February 15, 2007. The media and progressives' ability to reframe Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq has changed the public's perception of Republicans' Iraq agenda.
