Steve Lichtman
stevel3000.bsky.social
Steve Lichtman
@stevel3000.bsky.social
TV: THE GOOD WIFE, MEDIUM, many other series and pilots. Developing Tim Powers’ DECLARE for tv. Contributor: L.A. REVIEW OF BOOKS.
And what problems exactly did she and the other seven defectors solve yesterday? And do they outweigh the ones their Dem colleagues were trying to solve by not rolling over to Trump and MAGA, or the new ones their defection just created?

We all know the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Reposted by Steve Lichtman
Really wish a lot of smart commentators would pause for a moment and ponder the question: "Do the words coming from a white, blond, former CIA staffer get perceived VERY DIFFERENTLY than the SAME words uttered by a Black, Indian California attorney married to an entertainment lawyer?"
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Don’t hold your breath for “Election Shellacking Shows GOP Must Move to Center.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Literally. They make it hard just to use them.
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Many are saying Michael Walzer’s The Struggle for a Decent Politics also contains a valuable and typically elegant primer on the liberal socialist tradition! www.liberalcurrents.com/understandin...
Understanding Liberalism in Moral Terms: Michael Walzer's "The Struggle for Decent Politics"
For friends of liberalism, to be liberal-minded means possessing a broad curiosity about all things unbridled by prejudice or contempt. As the Roman playwright Terence once put it: “I am human, and I ...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Reposted by Steve Lichtman
Cuomo was a three-term Democratic New York governor and son of a liberal icon who was also a three-term Dem NY governor. He also had the support of much of the Dem establishment. Bill and Hillary Clinton, and New York’s two Democratic senators, almost certainly voted for him.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Cuomo was a three-term Democratic New York governor and son of a liberal icon who was also a three-term Dem NY governor. He also had the support of much of the Dem establishment. Bill and Hillary Clinton, and New York’s two Democratic senators, almost certainly voted for him.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
And Mario Cuomo!
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
And Nehru!
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The governor of Pennsylvania would like a word, Jamelle.
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Yes, but one inspired a great opera, the other a mere piece of musical theater.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Or how his opponent liked to laugh a lot.
November 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM