A response to MSNBC’s Anand Giridharadas, who thinks I am not fun.

Is there an alternative? Doesn’t look like it. Can she win? Unclear. Would she be a great president? Probably not.

It’s tempting to think we are doomed to a never-ending spiral of violence, a fraying social fabric, and the worsening of climate change. But our problems are solvable and we don’t need to approach the future with fear and resignation.

Joe Biden is simply not up to the task of taking on Donald Trump. Trump presents a major threat to the country, and Biden’s insistence on running is risking a catastrophe. 

Noah Smith launches a facile attack on Noam Chomsky’s foreign policy scholarship that demonstrates some common failures of comprehension. 

Hey, remember 2016? Some of us do. Looking back on Hillary Clinton’s disastrous campaign offers a few key lessons.

There is no dispute about biology. There is only a dispute about whether we should recognize incontrovertible social facts or live in stubborn denial of them.

Let’s be clear. The right poses an unparalleled threat. Left criticism of Democrats is in part about preventing the return of Trump.