The Older Generation Regards The Younger Generation
A thought exercise about where the differences between older and younger generations lie, with a focus on the situation in red state West Virginia.
MAGA: An Honest Analysis of the Acronym
An analysis (from a leftist perspective) of what the letters in the MAGA acronym stand for.
Strong Gay Men
Douglas Murray's book The madness of crowds is an antagonistic conservative reaction to identity politics, including gay men. This response is a consideration of why adopting a strong identity is necessary for groups to create strongly grounded individuals.
Creating the Theocracy
Democracy is becoming something of a dirty word among Christian conservatives, who would put their trust in the future of America as a theocracy. They are getting closer to achieving that goal in recent actions by certain courts. This attitude is becoming also a major platform plank of the Republican party.
How Long Does It Take to Make a Democracy Work?
Democracy has had a rough ride here in the U.S. In the hundred years from World War I to today, it has increased and declined. The misgivings that H.L. Mencken had about the workings of democracy as he saw it 50 years after the Civil War are still with us today.