Andy Schmookler
The Democrats’ Redistricting Dilemma: An Idea for How to Solve It
I have made an effort to ascertain whether the approach I propose below fits with the circumstances -- legal and political -- well enough...
How Virginia Democrats Might Help Revive Constructive Democracy in America
Dysfunctional Democracy
I expect that no one here needs persuading that American democracy is in bad shape these days. Our democratic dysfunction can be shown...
Addressing this Rebellion Against Anticipated Virginia Gun Laws
This will be appearing in a couple of newspapers in my red congressional district (VA-06), under the heading, Guns and the Defense of the...
Truth-Tellers (like Spanberger and Luria) Vs. a Cult in Which Truth is the First...
This is WHAT WE'RE UP AGAINST. The question of our times is, "Will the Lie defeat the Truth?"
Believing the Unbelievable
Two months into Trump's presidency,...
Impeachment Fits Right into a Dynamite 2020 Democratic Campaign
The Ukraine-gate development has broken the Democrats’ logjam over impeachment. But the reality is that impeachment was always much more of a political opportunity...
A President Who Threatens the Nation with Civil War? What More Proof Can Anyone...
The Ukraine transcript showed clearly that Donald Trump, President of the United States, is all out to serve himself even at the expense of...
The Place of Ukraine-gate in the Whole Impeachment Saga
This latest scandal – the combination of evidence and admissions concerning how the President sought to get the government of Ukraine to dig up...
Will Democrats Now Finally Protect the Nation? (Why I Worry)
Only the Democratic Party is in a position to protect the nation from the palpable danger into which the Trump Crisis has placed us....
I’d Thought Mitt Romney Might Become the Republican Voice the Nation Needs
I've said before that, throughout this darkening error, the mistakes I've made have all been in the direction of being overly optimistic about how...
That This President Can Run for a Second Term is a Blot on the...
This piece might be regarded as a companion of another recent piece, "Democrats Should Stop Speaking of Senate Acquittal as a Given." Both articles...
