Last Post of 2020: Making Sense of the 70 Million Trump Voters.

Mike Magee On this final day of 2020, I continue to struggle with this 70 million Trump voter issue. On the surface, it feels like a broad recrimination of the goodness and intelligence of nearly half of American voters – rendering us “unexceptional” at best. Even if you grant targeted voters against abortion, or […]

“We Give People Light, and They Will Find The Way.”

SHARE/LINK: HERE Mike Magee In the Jennifer Hudson/Black Eyed Peas campaign video remixing “Where is the Love?”, Joe Biden mirrors the famous words of Civil Rights legend Ella Baker, “Give people light and they will find the way.” Health care reform in America is now the path we must travel to uncover our own “exceptionalism.” […]

The Affordable Care Act and American Exceptionalism

Mike Magee Six years ago, in 2007, I wrote a piece that asked the following questions: “If you wanted to build a new health care system — a vehicle that would transport us to wellness, productivity, security and happiness — where would you begin? Would you work off of what we have now or build something brand […]