Earlier this year, as winter was turning to Spring and Mitt Romney was still engaged in the Republican Primary contests, President Obama told Jeffrey Goldberg that he would consider invading Iran if alternative policies failed. Thanks in part to the media’s enthusiasm for it, for a brief time it almost appeared that an invasion was [...]
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On the “Contrast” Between President Obama and Mitt Romney Over Iran and Unions
by Nick Vitolo on September 26, 2012 in Uncategorized
Some Costs to Consider in 2012
The Advocacy Center for Equality and Democracy’s mission to fight inequality through citizen action depends on America’s democracy. American citizens still get to choose most of their leaders and lawmakers. This fact endows citizens with great influence, and in ACED’s opinion significant responsibilities, as well. Democracy means government by the people. Thus, it also means [...]
by Nick Vitolo on February 10, 2012 in Uncategorized
The New York Times Should Balance Its Coverage of Killings Related to Law Enforcement
There has been very little press coverage of the killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. by White Plains, New York police officers last year compared to Trayvon Martin. If you did a search right now of the New York Times website for articles over the last year that mention “Kenneth Chamberlain,” you would get only three [...]
by Nick Vitolo on April 10, 2012 in Uncategorized
What Is the Purpose of a Political System that Increases Inequality?
“According to the cybernetician the purpose of a system is what it does. This is a basic dictum. It stands for bald fact, which makes a better starting point in seeking understanding than the familiar attributions of good intention, prejudices about expectations, moral judgment or sheer ignorance of circumstances,” (emphasis added). Stafford Beer. Yesterday I [...]
by Nick Vitolo on June 12, 2012 in Uncategorized
Key Points from Conor Friedersdorf’s Principled Refusal to Vote for Barack Obama
I want to highlight and supplement a few points from Conor Friedersdorf’s post, Why I Refuse to Vote for Barack Obama, that appeared yesterday in The Atlantic. Friedersdorf wrote: I don’t see how anyone who confronts Obama’s record with clear eyes can enthusiastically support him. I do understand how they might concluded that he is [...]
by Nick Vitolo on September 27, 2012 in Uncategorized
Support the Chicago Teachers’ Strike
This post is meant to express the Advocacy Center’s solidarity with the striking teachers in Chicago. Whether or not the strike is an effective strategy, the interests represented by the union and the teachers merit support as they oppose the interests represented by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Some people have confused those interests, which makes picking [...]
by Nick Vitolo on September 12, 2012 in Uncategorized


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