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LATEST ARTICLES ( 210 )

• The 2012 Authoritarian Strategy and How Democrats Could Lose The Presidency

  George Lakoff, professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley, has published an article called The Santorum Strategy. Here are some excerpts if you don’t have time... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The “Bad Barrel” for All U.S. Presidents – Some Try to Resist, Authoritarians...

  What changed many of the promises of candidate Obama into either inaction or the adverse actions of President Obama? Here’s how I put it to the President... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• We Need Higher Taxes, a Reversal of Citizens United, and Democracy in the...

  Real wage growth, related to worker productivity gains, have been diverted to corporations, their boards of directors, and the rest of the ONE%, via stock... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Authoritarian Control Requires War, a War Mentality, Enemies, and a Vivid...

  WAR … WAR … WAR … WAR I guess the authoritarian wars began in 1971 when President Nixon launched the war on drugs to combat the heroine addictions of our Vietna... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “Double High” Authoritarian Gingrich – Reducing Checks and Balances to Support...

  A Newt 2012 Position Paper – Compiled from previous writings of and paid for by Newt Gingrich: Looks like what Newt is proposing is to reduce the power and... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Belief in Self-regulating Free Enterprise Based on Another Authoritarian Myth

  The 99% are suffering from the Great Recession and it will be years before we recover. At least one conservative economist is willing to admit the free... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America’s Growing Authoritarian Police State Revealed by Response to OWS

  In three previous articles, I have discussed the growing American police state. This police state is supported by an authoritarian worldview and is promoted by... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• President Obama Should Meet with Some of the 99%

  Here is a letter I sent to the White House today: RE: Dinner with OWS members Mr. President, In the past, you have offered to sit down at dinner with a few of... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Occupy America – We’re Not Taking It Anymore!

  The top ONE% have had their way for three decades. They created the Great Recession and still got richer. They’ve received excessive tax breaks for 30 years... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What is of Greater Concern Than the Military-industrial Complex?

  In a posting from August 2006, I provided a table on the traits of the authoritarian personalities: Leaders and Followers. This same table was reposted in a... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rick Perry – Future Commnader-in-Chief?

  In my previous post, I stated: Domestic terrorism from the evangelical, government-is-evil, right-wing authoritarians (RWA) could start a second American Civil... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Arab Spring and America’s Winter – Where the Authoritarians Are Taking Us, I...

  In several Arab countries, citizens have been demonstrating and demanding their authoritarian governments be replaced with a democratic form of government. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What is Your Fair Share of American Citizenship Dues and Why Should You Pay?

  In my previous article, I pointed out how significant revenue helped to not only reduce our massive WWII debt, but also created jobs through building national... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• We Have A REVENUE Problem – Just Look at Our History

  At the end of WWII, our national debt was almost 120 percent of our GDP, higher than today. For the 35 years after the war, we not only paid for significant... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Where Are the Authoritarians Taking America – Same Place as Texas, SC, WI?

  Will the country default by not raising the debt limit? The consensus, which is growing but does not include the political ‘adolescents’ in the Tea Party, is no... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• War on Deficit/Debt – Sharing the Pain

  If we are going to be forced to deal with the deficit/debt and ignore the economy and jobs, then getting the deficit/debt under control must be shared by all.... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Authoritarian Plan to End American Democracy – The Powell Memo

  While reading Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism by Henry Giroux, I learned about another element of America’s growing... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The “Empathy Deficit” and the Growth of American Authoritarianism

  The following is a letter I sent to President Obama via their contact page at the White House. In 2006, you spoke about the “empathy deficit.” You said, “There’... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Authoritarians – The Hyper Dead, Still Alive as Avatars of Death and Cruelty?

  Listed below is a portion of the introduction for Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism by Dr. Henry A. Giroux. Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senator and Congressman Paul Favor Corporate Freedom of Choice Over Citizen...

  Sometimes, when either Libertarian Ron or Rand Paul are questioned on particular situations that driven by their general politics beliefs, they contradict... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY