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White Evangelicals Are Why America Can’t Have Nice Things
Evangelicals see themselves as the most persecuted group in America, despite not actually knowing any of the people they feel are getting a better deal.
We Have a Lot to Learn From the War in Ukraine
Putin may be losing the war militarily, but he very well might be winning in his battle against democracy here in the U.S. Here are some crucial takeaways.
Divisions in America Are Even Worse Than You Thought
When conservatives fantasize about the glory of secession and civil war, it’s like a beer-swilling high-school dropout looking at porn on the internet, imagining about leaving their wife for the hot porn star on the other side of the LCD screen.
“Religion” is Not Good for America
Sometime shortly after 9/11, a fellow Lieutenant in the Navy asked me a rhetorical question: If one side believes a conflict is a war over religion and the other one doesn’t, is it a war over religion? This applies to the conflict in the U.S. today between people battling to take America back for their…
The Ministry Decree for the Education of Lycanthropes
(The following is a transcript of remarks delivered by Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic Dolores Jane Umbridge to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Board of Governors on August 8th, 1997, one week after Voldemort overthrew the Ministry and replaced its senior members) Good evening. It’s wonderful that you could all come…
Will Trump 2020 Break Apart the Nation?
What would it take to spark internal conflict within the United States? What plausible scenario would cause a state, or states, to decide that it was worth the risk of conflict to secede? It seems like a ridiculous question. We all know how the Civil War turned out, that Abe Lincoln was a hero for…
Conservative Media Has Deliberately Destroyed Our Faith in Experts
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” H.L. Mencken, The Evening Sun, July…
Thirteen Characteristics of Fascism
What defines fascism? I attempted to answer this by reviewing what scholars and texts on the subject (including Hannah Arendt, Umberto Eco, Jason Stanley, Lawrence Britt, Emilio Gentile, Roger Griffin, Robert Paxton, and the Encyclopedia Britannica) identified as the characteristics of fascism, and compiling a list. The following characteristics are the ones identified most often…
The US is Headed for Single Party Rule
“Tell me why you kept kicking him. You had already won.” “Knocking him down won the first fight. I wanted to win all the next ones too.” —Ender’s Game When former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich first called politics a “war for power” he spelled out the philosophy of the future of his…
LGBT Rights: Last Call in the Weimar Republic
James Kirchick’s recent article on “The Struggle For Gay Rights is Over” is fundamentally wrong on a number of levels, including his central premise that the battle for lesbian and gay rights has been won, and that they should move on and leave the transgender community behind. In truth, lesbian and gay rights are about…