That’s right. Several generations ago, people in what are today the reddest, Tea Partying parts of the U.S., actually advocated for socialism to combat the crushing debt and boom-bust cycle of capitalism.
American Duopoly, Part II: Populist and Progressive Challenges to the Two-Party System Read More »
This is Part I of a 3-part essay examining the history, causes, and possible responses to the two-party system in U.S. politics. Pt I: Why do we have a Republican-Democrat duopoly?
American Duopoly, Part I: Understanding the Duopoly Read More »
Europeans got the Americas by killing and stealing from Indians. So white America mascotting Indians is akin to Germans mascotting Jews.
If citizenship is to mean anything at all, particularly in a democratic republic, then it must be accompanied by rights and obligations.
Making Citizenship Mean Something Read More »
Now it’s Conservatives, not Liberals, who are protesting, marching, and attacking our constitutional government in an effort to overturn a democratic law.
America: Love it or Leave it? Read More »
Governor Mitch Daniels tried to ban Howard Zinn’s textbook, “A Peoples’ History of the United States,” from every classroom in Indiana, including colleges.
Governor Mitch Daniels’ Secret Attack on Academic Freedom Read More »
Edward Snowden is repeatedly being compared to another former intelligence analyst, Daniel Ellsberg. So it’s time for a very quick history primer on Ellsberg, and a discussion of why the two men have even more in common than you might think.
Edward Snowden, Daniel Ellsberg, Watergate, and Mental Illness Read More »
Now, normally I don’t use this space to take cheap shots at respectable intellectuals. But Coulter is neither an intellectual, nor respectable. She’s merely an ideological provocateur, a cross between Joseph Goebbels and Lindsay Lohan. That much I was able to gather without even reading her work. Simply watching her perform on television, making grisly attempts to simultaneously push her venomous ideology and groping sexuality, was enough.
Dissecting Ann Coulter Read More »
102 years after Triangle Shirt Waist factory fire tore through the Asch Building, I am reminded of that event by the tragedy that recently struck Bangladesh. More than 1,100 people died in what is now being recognized as the worst workplace disaster in the history of the textile industry.
The Bangladesh Tragedy: Triangle Shirt Waist Fire Redux Read More »
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