October 3, 2022

The Reckless Inauthenticity of Joe Biden

There is nothing left in Joe Biden that America can live with.

March 11, 2022

Americans' Faustian bargain with Joe Biden

Look how much people were willing to give up just so they wouldn't have to vote for Trump.

June 21, 2020

America's Nest in the Gale

America knows how to build its nest in the gale. The question is, do we know how to keep it?

January 27, 2020

The Mass Media's Campaign of Moral Panic

The impeachment of President Donald J. Trump is Moral Panic Theory 101.

July 27, 2018

Obama's Dying Vision: The Only Card in the Democratic Deck

Who is left to lead the Democratic Party but Barack Obama?

March 9, 2016

Waiting for Lefty

Bernie Sanders's high-minded moral-sounding socialist rhetoric misses an important point: morality can apply only to those who have a choice.

April 8, 2012

Authenticity: Politics' Little Black Dress

In the race for president, authenticity can be the political Holy Grail -- the clarifying quest for that mystical union with the voters which can spell victory.

December 24, 2011

Why Atheists Love Christmas

No one knows exactly when or which Christians stole Christmas, but steal it they did, and the reasons were about as subtle as North Korean diplomacy.