Last Saturday night in Chester, Pennsylvania Haris Medunjanin told a referee that he was wrong. What makes this worth noting is that Medunjanin is a professional soccer player who was protesting a red card issued to an opponent who had just fouled him. Medunjanin plays for the Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer. In the…
Author: Peter Loge
Your act of respectful political behavior is unlikely to change the world. That doesn’t really matter.
Another shooting, another call for unity, another symbolic act. Another round of placing blame and denying personal responsibility. Representative Mark Sanford (R-SC) says Trump is partially to blame for the shooting and former Speaker Newt Gingrich blames the “the left.” The President calls for unity, even as he attacks our democratic institutions. After U.S….
Time to be the Grown-ups in the Room
We are the grownups in the room. It is time for our cooler heads to prevail. Ultimately, the grown-ups in the room will have to do their jobs The Washington Post 9/29/13 A couple of months ago I was wondering when the adults and their cooler heads would prevail and we would settle back into…
Swamp Dwellers are People Too
I’m one of those people. I’m a swamp-dwelling, fancy suit and loafer wearing, political campaign donating, political insider. I have worked for Senator Ted Kennedy, three members of the US House of Representatives, and most recently I worked in President Obama’s administration as a senior advisor to the Commissioner of the US Food and…
Another Missed Opportunity
Last week’s House vote on health care was a missed opportunity. Representatives had a chance to work together to improve parts of the Affordable Care Act that needed improving and jettison elements that were not working. Had they done that, they would have improved the lives of the American people, improved their own standing with…
Congress: Stop Telling America To Hate Congress
One cannot constantly attack an institution and expect that institution to function. If the only thing anyone hears about a place is how awful it is, and if the only thing anyone hears about those who work there is how corrupt and incompetent they are, then all anyone will believe is that the place and…
Saved By The Bell – The Lost Health Care Episode
The House Republicans’ latest attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act/Obamacare would turn several federal requirements into state options. This is both bad politics and bad policy. As others have noted, Republican attempts to repeal and replace Obamacare have made the law more popular. The individual elements of the Affordable Care Act have…
Signs, Like Fezzes, Are Cool
My Facebook feed is filling with conversations about signs for the March for Science. This weekend scientists and their non-scientist allies (not that there’s anything wrong with being a scientist) will gather in Washington and in cities around the U.S. in support of federal funding for scientific research, policy based on scientific evidence, and…
Nice Idea, but How?
It is easy to say what ought to be in an ideal world, opining from the porch is a national pastime. Turning Monday morning opinions into actions that work on Thursdays at Fenway, Saturdays at RFK, Sundays at the Emirates, and Tuesdays at the voting booth is something else entirely. A few readers of my…
Federalist 10 and Vending Machines: Why Democrats and Moderate Republicans Should Work Together to Improve the Affordable Care Act
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Democrats should work with President Trump and Republicans in Congress to improve the Affordable Care Act. Doing so will result in more people getting more access to quality, affordable health care and it is in the political interest of everyone involved. It could also help steady…