Jess Lahitou

Prejudice against women has existed in this country since its very inception. Indeed, prejudice against women has existed throughout all of history, long predating the presence of America, and sexism continues on unabated today, in most parts of the world. And it goes mostly unaddressed, much less eradicated.

Wayne Tracker. When I first came across this made-up alias, it didn’t speak to me like someone’s first and last name.

It’s early 2008 in Iowa. Hillary Clinton had been leading in the early polls, but her numbers have been steadily dropping when she is suddenly – shockingly – bested by a young, almost unknown senator from Illinois.

Everyone but Michael Moore underestimated the level of economic angst and cultural upheaval occurring in the Rust Belt, that collection of states forming a sloped capital “E” along the Great Lakes: Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania.

That’s what Syria is — our morally bankrupt foreign policy, impossible to escape, impossible to fix.

The best way of bringing in Sanders supporters is not to berate them into party loyalty, but to steal them away.

Every legal system in the world recognizes gradations of bad behavior.

If Hillary Clinton has major medical concerns, now is the time to tell the American public.

Maybe you’re an aspiring novelist, or maybe you know one.

The five 2016 Democratic candidates for President met in Las Vegas for their first debate last night, and this writer’s prediction is that the field will be down to three for the next matchup. (Barring Joe Biden’s entry into the race, which remains a distant possibility).