Anyone who tells you we have to hate America to demonstrate that Black Lives Matter is betraying the cause they purport to believe in.
The Dual Dysfunction of the Major Parties
The prudent approach of supporting the best of two alternatives fails to accomplish its purpose when both parties fall to extreme elements and instead present us with a least worst scenario.
Link: The Democrats Will Not Save The Constitution
Trump skeptical conservatives have reason to be concerned about the President’s convictions in constitutional government, but the Democrats’ contempt of constitutional values cannot be overstated.
The Marginal Drift of the Republican Party
While many members of the GOP still see themselves as conservative, the party’s tone and direction has severely drifted into the realm of populist nationalism as it has been willing to abandon core traditional tenets of conservative orthodoxy.
Anatomy of a Mass Killing | Seven Factors
Seven factors that compose the anatomy of a mass killing, including ideas to prevent and counteract the horrible plans and actions of mass killers and mass shooters.
Oh, You Want That Kind Of Peace
Nationalists want to play the “compromise” game, where everyone else does the compromising.
Link: Experience, The Oracle of Truth
Often, Americans speak of the US Constitution as if it is the fountain from which political truth originates. Even those who fight stridently for constitutional orthodoxy sometimes forget that the US Constitution and the rest of America’s founding documents were just as much a climax of political thought as they were a beginning.
Avatars of Our Anxieties
Populism is often based on fear and propels demagogues who embody that fear into power.
Perfect Bedrock – Part 2 (Where Does Order Come From?)
Can the parameters of good order be deduced through reason alone? If not, to what source of authority can society turn to?
Tulsa, Trump, and Dog Whistles
Believing that the Trump campaign, in having a rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth, has crafted a convoluted dog whistle to signal their support for white supremacy is giving them way too much credit.