Writing

In 2023, despite his central role in American political and social life for eight years, there remains a lack of coherent understanding of the Cult of Trump. While willing to criticize Donald Trump, the establishment media… Read More »The Cult of Trump

The Intellectual Dark Web is a group of prominent commentators who oppose the so-called Woke Mind Virus which they believe propagates dangerous critical theories that threaten to destroy Western civilization. They decry identity politics and cancel culture, and warn… Read More »The Questionable Intellect of the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’

We should acknowledge the history we have lived through in plain terms. In 2016, a far right populist was elected president despite losing the popular vote. He sought to withhold defense funding from Ukraine in… Read More »Where we’ve been and the road ahead

This year was a lot. So was last year. And the year before that. Living through history, we have all learned, is a lot. There is no doubt that Americans, along with most of the world,… Read More »Combatting news fatigue and the importance of building community

There has emerged among the media establishment a fear of calling out connections between the conservative rhetoric in America and Russian propaganda. This may be a result of the extraordinarily effective “Russia, Russia, Russia!” slogan… Read More »The Russification of the American conservative movement

On Thursday, President Joe Biden will deliver a historic speech on the state of democracy in the 21st century. While Europe faces the greatest threat to its stability since World War II, Republicans in the… Read More »Joe Biden’s historic speech on democracy