by Bernie Horn | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog
Why won’t people listen? They’re so irrational! You make a sensible, even irrefutable political argument and they’re still not persuaded. Cognitive science tells us that persuasion is hard. When deciding whether to agree with you, people rely on emotion and ingrained...
by Bernie Horn | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism, Financial Reform, Progressive Vision
For years, conservatives used “wedge issues” to split moderates from progressives—measures like criminalizing flag burning, cutting “welfare,” and (until recently) banning same-sex marriage. They still do that, of course, but the Tea Party has forced conservatives to...
by Bernie Horn | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Due to the ghastly 2014 elections, more state legislators are Republican and the GOP controls more state legislative bodies than at any time since the 1920s. Republicans now control the governorship and both houses of the legislature in 23 states: Alabama, Arizona,...
by Bernie Horn | Jan 12, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Democrats suffered a shellacking in the 2014 election. One small but significant silver lining is that identifying who’s in charge of the legislative branch will be very easy for the next two years. Make no mistake: We have a Republican Congress. Last year, many...
by Bernie Horn | Jan 5, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
To be a progressive is to seek new laws that advance economic and social justice for all. That endeavor was thoroughly frustrated by the last Congress, and the next one will be worse. On the federal level, progressives had to settle for President Obama’s executive...
