Rod Kessler – UnChain our Democracy

Mailing it in in this Time of Coronavirus

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020Rod KesslerLeave a Comment

Two months have passed since I’ve been to Walgreens, but this morning with my mask on I made it to the pharmacy window (now plexiglass protected) for a prescription. On my way along the aisles I spotted another item I was running short of—manila mailing envelopes. I have postage stamps at home, but envelopes large […]

Will the Real James Buchanan Please Stand up?

February 19, 2020February 19, 2020Rod KesslerLeave a Comment

In this month’s Reader’s Guide to Democracy in Chains, Rod Kessler puzzles over how the economic and political ideas of James Buchanan could, on one hand, serve as a justification for the Koch network’s stealth assault on the institutions of American Democracy and yet, on the other hand, earn Buchanan a Nobel Prize and a […]

No mention of the Federalist Society?

February 17, 2020February 17, 2020Rod KesslerLeave a Comment

The 16 February Boston Sunday Globe ran an opinion piece by a prominent local attorney Michael J. Sullivan arguing that William Barr’s Justice Dept. is right to recommended a light sentence for Roger Stone (https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/02/14/opinion/justice-department-made-right-call-roger-stone-sentencing/) According to the blurb at the bottom of the piece, Sullivan is “…a former US attorney for Massachusetts, is a […]

Reading We Are Indivisible – Strategy!

February 17, 2020October 20, 2021Rod KesslerLeave a Comment

Reading We Are Indivisible by Rod Kessler After the shocking 2016 election, activist groups sprung up throughout the nation, eager to combat the Trump agenda. They were inspired by two former Congressional aides, whose how-to guide under the name Indivisible went viral. The self-styled Indivisible groups soon generated buzz of their own. What did they […]