Andy Schmookler
Here’s Something to Use to Rally Democrats to VOTE NO on the “Worse Than...
by Andy Schmookler
On Blue Virginia, there have been several articles (see here, here, here, here and here) explaining the important reasons why the Virginia...
Those Coronavirus Maps Would Tell Us More If They Were Color-Coded on a Per...
Here on Blue Virginia, each day, we get to see a map of Virginia, where I live, that’s color-coded on the same basis. The...
What Are the Sources of the Big Problem Lowell Identifies?
by Andy Schmookler
Lowell concluded a recent piece — “Apoplectic” “right-wingers in Virginia… using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to throttle or delay… needed reform —...
Jerry Falwell, Jr.: More Like the Power-Seeking Romans than the Christians
My work appears regularly in the Lynchburg, Virginia, newspaper, the News & Advance. I haven’t decided yet whether I will be using this piece as...
“It’s Not (Mostly) About ‘The Establishment'”: A Point I Expect to Make Tomorrow on...
I have a regular gig on WSVA radio out of Harrisonburg, Virginia, talking about politics.
This show was deliberately scheduled to be the day after...
How the Urgent Need to Defeat Trump Has Compelled Me to Change How I’ll...
This is the companion piece to the previous piece, "Letter to My Fellow Virginia Democrats: Our Inescapable 'Electability' Challenge," in which I argued...
Letter to My Fellow Virginia Democrats: Our Inescapable “Electability” Challenge
Dear Fellow Virginia Democrats,
I'd like to share with you my thoughts about our Primary Election that's now only two days off. The first thought...
Republicans Planning to Boost Bernie in the Virginia Primary
by Andy Schmookler
I have been told -- pretty reliably -- that Republicans in my part of Virginia (the Shenandoah Valley) are planning to vote...
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...
