Max B. Sawicky

Originalism is just a dodge for right-wing judges to impose their own policy preferences.

There are long-standing, reasonable arguments about why socialism is terrible. I don’t think they hold up, but these arguments are not what animates criticism of left challenges to the Democratic Party establishment. Instead we are treated to a barrage of evil, inane gossip, ...

The United States, under both Democratic and Republican presidents, has always wanted to dominate its alliances.

There is no threat to the U.S. for the simple reason that all parties understand that any use of nuclear weapons would invite total destruction. Deterrence is a given.

“‘Explosion without an objective,’ declared Miles Blundell, ‘is politics in its purest form.’”—Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day   U.S. Imperialism should be a thing again, but some theoretical adjustment is suggested. Scholarly analyses have tied it to narrow ...

By the standards of Facebook’s titans, co-founder Chris Hughes was an also-ran. His payout from early participation in the company’s launch, which stemmed from the good fortune of having been Mark Zuckerberg’s college roommate, was only $500 million. To his credit, ...

Today's budget deal sucks for many of our fellow citizens, but it’s still Trump’s world, and we have to live in it.

The Trump junta has now reduced the bulk of the federal government to the activity level of the chief executive himself.