John Steiner: Proposal for an Independent Primary

Overview of an emerging possibility. Issue No. 26:   “The Antidote to a Broken Political System” In a piece for the Daily Beast Monday, James K. Glassman, former Under Secretary of State in the George W. Bush administration, made an impassioned – and, in our view, logical – case for a separate online national primary contest to choose …

John Steiner: Conservatives for Solar Power

Localism is an area in which eco-liberals and grassroots conservatives tend to see eye to eye. This solar initiative looks like a good opportunity for another transpartisan win. Florida Conservative Group Launches Ballot Initiative To Increase Access To Solar Power

John Steiner: Responses to Mark Bittman in NYT (“Is It Bad Enough Yet?”)

Letters Fixing What’s Wrong With America To the Editor: Re “Is It Bad Enough Yet?,” by Mark Bittman (column, Dec. 14): EXTRACTS: 01 The question is whether any change can occur with such a bought-and-paid-for, dysfunctional Congress and president. 02 But where are our leaders? Truthfully, too busy chasing their next campaign contribution or positioning …

John Steiner: Mark Bittman in NYT – Is It Bad Enough Yet?

Is It Bad Enough Yet? THE police killing unarmed civilians. Horrifying income inequality. Rotting infrastructure and an unsafe “safety net.” An inability to respond to climate, public health and environmental threats. A food system that causes disease. An occasionally dysfunctional and even cruel government. A sizable segment of the population excluded from work and subject …