Now that Jamelle Bouie is a columnist at the Times, the overall quality of the paper has improved by precisely 31.9 percent. His analysis of third party runs in American presidential politics demonstr
This is the grave of James Birney. Born in 1792 in Danville, Kentucky to Irish immigrants, Birney’s family was torn on the issue of slavery. He had abolitionist family members. His father also o
This is shooting fish in a barrel, I know. But I could not let this insipid Vox essay by a young Jill Stein voter go unmentioned. It’s hard to say why so many millennials are voting third party. Amo
Over the last few months, I’ve been reading a good bit about Henry Wallace and the mid-century left for a potential project. And while I now don’t think Wallace is so important in this pro
Last weekend was the Organization of American Historians meeting in Providence and I was lucky enough to be asked to be on a roundtable titled “New Directions in American Socialism.” My co
Above: The Rhode Island Democratic Party I’ve talked before about how the Rhode Island Democratic Party is an out of control dumpster fire. In a 1-party state, being a Democratic politician mean
Michael Savage is thinking just as hard as he can: “We need a nationalist party in the United States of America,” said Savage on Aaron Klein’s WABC radio show. “You have the rudiments
I endorse Erik’s post, but to add a few points: Arguments that third parties are potentially useful vehicles for political transformation confuse cause and effect. Given American electoral r