Paul Loeb

Paul Loeb is the author of Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time and he The Impossible Will Take a Little While. new anthology on political hope, www.paulloeb.org.

Articles by Author

20 March 2010
'Soul Of A Citizen' excerpt: taking money out of politics: a grassroots effort for clean elections
Paul Loeb
Nothing makes us feel more powerless than the corruption of our democracy by money. It undermines progress on every issue we face. If America is ever to deal...
17 March 2010
How the Democrats can reclaim the youth vote
Paul Loeb
If the Democrats don't get the youth vote, they're toast. That happened in Virginia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, where young Obama voters stayed home in...
11 January 2010
Calling the bluff in the Conference Committee
Paul Loeb
As the health care bill goes to conference, whether through formal committee or informal negotiation, there's obviously a tension between a pretty decent House...
15 November 2009
Eight reasons the Democrats lost Virginia & New Jersey—and how to recover
Paul Loeb
Losing the Virginia and New Jersey governorships hurt. Local factors played a part, but these are major states. So it matters why the Democrats lost them. Here...
22 June 2009
Gutting the health care plan: the scorpion and the Congress
Paul Loeb
Will serious health reform meet the fate of the scorpion and the turtle? In that fable, the scorpion pleads with the turtle to carry him across a river. The...
02 November 2008
No time for Nader: A letter to Nader McKinney voters
Paul Loeb
I’d thought little about Ralph Nader’s potential electoral impact until I read recent polls suggesting he was drawing 3% among likely Ohio voters, 4% in Nevada...

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