The new media company Fusion, a collaboration between ABC News and Univsion, requested that I write about some issues particularly relevant to my region.

In the first, an essay on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, I explain that the hideous and ridiculous anti-gay law was Governor Pence’s fumbling and bumbling attempt to ingratiate himself to the religious right for a presidential run in 2016. The entire controversy doubles as an indictment of the extremity of the Republican base, which rejected Pence’s predecessor, Mitch Daniels, from presidential consideration because of his comparably moderate record on social issues.

In the second, I offered an endorsement of Jesus “Chuy” Garcia in the Chicago Mayoral Race.