Taking back the Democratic party from the bullies

They don't have the moral high ground, are an extreme minority, and we can defeat them.

If you’re new here, welcome! You can read more about my raison d’être here. To others: I’ve been absent for a bit because I was participating in my first writing workshop, but I’m resuming and shifting to other topics. Essays may be sporadic, but I don’t believe in churning content for its own sake. Please take the survey so I can better direct my work. Reasoned critiques are always welcome!

i. An immigrant at odds with orthodoxy

I’ve been trying to understand the views of everyone I come across these days, especially strangers. My Lyft driver from O’Hare to my hotel last week was a Colombian immigrant, Jose, who has been in the U.S. for almost a quarter century and has a green card. He cannot vote and only reluctantly told me it would be Trump if he could. The reasoning was sound and material, which should be unsurprising. But his being an immigrant from a country vaguely to the south of the Texas/Mexico border makes him ‘Latino’ and/or ‘Hispanic.’ He doesn’t see himself as falling int…