Being mean and nasty to perceived enemies is all the GOP has to offer. Published in Commondreams July 26, 2022 Do you remember the incident during the 2016 campaign when Donald Trump mocked a reporter with a physical disability? The crowd of his supporters thought it was screamingly funny. Or the following year when he told an audience…
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The GOP’s Army of Christian Nationalists and White Supremacists Poses a Danger Greater Than You Know
Nothing threatens American democracy more than the religious extremist factions teaming up with far-right fascist groups with guns. Published July 14 in CommonDreams (link to article) The Supreme Court’s disastrous rulings on prayer on public school property and abortion rights have finally focused proper attention on the role of religious extremism in undermining democratic self-rule. For…
The Dangerous Rise of the Gullible American Cynic
More and more Americans will believe anything and everything—except facts, evidence, and logic. “And you know, you can tell these types of right wingers anything and they’ll believe it, except the truth. You tell them the truth and they become—it’s like showing Frankenstein’s monster fire. They become confused, and angry and highly volatile.” —Janeane Garofalo…
Republican Support for Ukraine Wavers Month by Month
Congressional Republicans backed Trump when he tried to extort Ukraine, then backed Kyiv at the war’s start. Now they are wavering again. Published June 3rd in Washington Monthly (Link to article) Last month, President Joe Biden signed a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine. Tracing the path from Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February…
No, Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Isn’t “Our Fault”
Published in Washington monthly (link to article) Russia’s aggression stems from its history and political culture, not NATO expansion or the post–Cold War settlement. The months-long succession of rising tensions over Russia’s outsized and prolonged “military exercises” is over. The accompanying negotiations, it is now evident, were a sham. The illusion of a crisis that…
The Grand Illusion of a US-Russia Alliance against China
It says more about toxic US domestic politics than the realities of international relations The Russian invasion of Ukraine may very well cause the most casualties from armed conflict that Europe has seen since World War II. The first professional casualty of this war, which occurred well before the tanks rolled over the border, was…
Vladimir Putin: the Authentic Leader of the Republican Party
Forget Trump, it was Putin who built the ideological template for the GOP Published in CommonDreams February 20 (link to article) Despite losing the last election by seven million votes, it is conventional wisdom that Donald Trump remains the leader of the Republican Party. Partly this reflects the Republican base. The media also plays its role:…