How do democratic movements go too far, and thus take an abrupt, drastic turn rightwards—thereby catapulting themselves into tyranny?  What […]

In an earlier essay, “Understanding The Right Wing”, I outlined the case that in order to vote for right-wing politicians, […]

It would be very easy to write a Tea Party speech.  The bombastic perorations and rhetorical flourishes have tremendous appeal […]

OVERVIEW: Surprisingly little scholarship has been done on the social phenomenon pejoratively dubbed “the right wing”.  This is odd if […]

The Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medal Winners GOLD: “Guns don’t kill people; PEOPLE kill people.” Mapping the logic used in […]

  “The conservative movement is primarily a means by which the wealth of rabid right-wingers is redistributed to celebrities.  Sometimes […]

THE NEED FOR MORE GREAT WOMEN IN POWER: The thesis here is simple: So many women of dubious merit dominate […]

It is no secret that the G.O.P. is a wholly owned subsidiary of corporate America.  The problem is that they […]

Progressives are incessantly demeaned, berated, castigated, and mocked for being unrealistic, naive idealists…by the professional politicians in the Democratic party.  […]

James Madison once said that if we were all angels, government wouldn’t be necessary.  Madison was wrong.  If all people […]