Category: Politics

Why We Fight (Part One): The Uphill Battle

David Todd McCarty- July 22, 2020

Despite months of protests and centuries of struggle for equal rights, many White Americans maintain an obstinate resistance to accepting the Black Lives Matter movement ... Read More

Defunding The Police: The Culture War Democrats Are Afraid To Fight

David Todd McCarty- July 15, 2020

The problem with “defund the police” as a slogan isn’t it’s inaccuracy, lack of nuance, or failure to represent the true position of most liberals, ... Read More

A Man For This Season

David Todd McCarty- June 25, 2020

The ground beneath us has shifted significantly in recent weeks, affecting how Americans view race, justice and the role of government in society, but one ... Read More

Why The Trump Show Won’t Get Picked Up

David Todd McCarty- June 23, 2020

America is so easily distracted that it elected a television conman, but his reality-style Presidency won’t get picked up for a second season because America ... Read More

America’s Battle Fatigue

David Todd McCarty- June 17, 2020

American doesn’t actually win wars anymore—not on foreign soil against enemy combatants, nor in the service of domestic social issues—we simply drift away out of ... Read More

The Resistance Needs A Better Brand

David Todd McCarty- June 9, 2020

The very strength of the Democratic Party—a wonderfully diverse coalition of people and ideas—is precisely what makes it suck so badly at branding. By David ... Read More

These Are Not The Facts You’re Looking For

David Todd McCarty- June 4, 2020

A new era of disinformation, ushered in by a powerful conservative media universe, has threatened democracy in ways the Framers never could have anticipated. By ... Read More

Do Black Lives Matter—To The Democratic Party?

David Todd McCarty- June 4, 2020

Will The Black Lives Matter movement finally be embraced by the Democratic Party establishment, or just co-opted momentarily as an expedient political weapon to defeat ... Read More

We Need Amy Kennedy Now

standardeditor- June 3, 2020

Letter To The Editor The first thing that struck me about Amy Kennedy is her ability to listen intently, not getting ahead of herself with ... Read More

I Can’t Breathe

standardeditor- June 2, 2020

https://vimeo.com/424921842 Produced by Hopping Frog Studios, LLC for The Standard. Read More

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