Jeremiah Goulka writes about American politics and culture. His most recent work has been published in the American Prospect and Salon. He was formerly an analyst at the RAND Corporation, a recovery worker in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and an attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. He lives in Washington, D.C. You can follow him on Twitter @jeremiahgoulka or contact him at jeremiah@jeremiahgoulka.com. His website is jeremiahgoulka.com.
It Doesn't Take Much: On Almost Getting PTSD in Iraq
I was one nightmare short of PTSD. It didn’t take much, that’s what surprised me. No battles. No dead bodies. I spent just three and a half weeks as a contractor in Iraq, when the war there was at its height, rarely leaving the security of American military bases. For ...
The Botox Solution: Why the Formerly Grand Old Party Needs to Change and Won’t
Mitt Romney had hardly conceded before Republicans started fighting over where to head next. Some Republicans -- and many Democrats -- now claim that the writing is on the wall: demography is destiny, which means the GOP is going the way of the Whigs and the Dodo. Across the country, ...
The Dogs of War Are Barking: Mitt Romney’s Team Wants to Let 'Em Loose in Iran
Crossposted from TomDispatch It’s the consensus among the pundits: foreign policy doesn’t matter in this presidential election. They point to the ways Republican candidate Mitt Romney has more or less parroted President Barack Obama on just about everything other than military spending and tough talk about another “American century.” The ...
Crossposted from TomDispatch Democrats are frustrated: Why can’t Republican voters see that Republicans pass voter ID laws to suppress voting, not fraud? Democrats know who tends to lack ID. They know that the threat of in-person voter fraud is wildly exaggerated. Besides, Republican officials could hardly have been clearer about ...
Joining the Reality-Based Community: Or How I Learned to Stop Loving the Bombs and Start Worrying
Crossposted from TomDispatchI used to be a serious Republican, moderate and business-oriented, who planned for a public-service career in Republican politics. But I am a Republican no longer. There’s an old joke we Republicans used to tell that goes something like this: “If you’re young and not a Democrat, you’re ...
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April 16th, 2013
It Doesn't Take Much: On Almost Getting PTSD in Iraq
I was one nightmare short of PTSD. It didn’t take much, that’s what surprised me. No battles. No dead bodies. I spent just three and ...
December 13th, 2012
The Botox Solution: Why the Formerly Grand Old Party Needs to Change and Won’t
Mitt Romney had hardly conceded before Republicans started fighting over where to head next. Some Republicans -- and many Democrats -- now claim that the ...
November 4th, 2012
The Dogs of War Are Barking: Mitt Romney’s Team Wants to Let 'Em Loose in Iran
Crossposted from TomDispatch It’s the consensus among the pundits: foreign policy doesn’t matter in this presidential election. They point to the ways Republican candidate Mitt ...
October 14th, 2012
Crossposted from TomDispatch Democrats are frustrated: Why can’t Republican voters see that Republicans pass voter ID laws to suppress voting, not fraud? Democrats know who ...
September 9th, 2012
Joining the Reality-Based Community: Or How I Learned to Stop Loving the Bombs and Start Worrying
Crossposted from TomDispatchI used to be a serious Republican, moderate and business-oriented, who planned for a public-service career in Republican politics. But I am a ...
October 14th, 2012
Crossposted from TomDispatch Democrats are frustrated: Why can’t Republican voters see that Republicans pass voter ID laws to suppress voting, not fraud? Democrats know who ...
April 16th, 2013
It Doesn't Take Much: On Almost Getting PTSD in Iraq
I was one nightmare short of PTSD. It didn’t take much, that’s what surprised me. No battles. No dead bodies. I spent just three and ...
September 9th, 2012
Joining the Reality-Based Community: Or How I Learned to Stop Loving the Bombs and Start Worrying
Crossposted from TomDispatchI used to be a serious Republican, moderate and business-oriented, who planned for a public-service career in Republican politics. But I am a ...
November 4th, 2012
The Dogs of War Are Barking: Mitt Romney’s Team Wants to Let 'Em Loose in Iran
Crossposted from TomDispatch It’s the consensus among the pundits: foreign policy doesn’t matter in this presidential election. They point to the ways Republican candidate Mitt ...
December 13th, 2012
The Botox Solution: Why the Formerly Grand Old Party Needs to Change and Won’t
Mitt Romney had hardly conceded before Republicans started fighting over where to head next. Some Republicans -- and many Democrats -- now claim that the ...
'The East'
Why have you started a comedy festival in northern Michigan in the middle of winter?
Because if you were here in the dead of winter in the middle of nowhere (which is actually somewhere to us), you'd need a few laughs too ... Continue Reading
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