by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 6, 2019 | • Politics, Democracy
wE’rE a rEPuBLiC nOt A dEMoCRacY | Ed Burmila The most impressive thing about the ubiquitous comment-section incantation “We’re a republic, not a democracy” is its versatility. Those six simple words fill the very different needs of several key...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Mar 8, 2019 | • Politics, Democracy
What follows is the text of a FaceBook meme I see floating around from time to time attributed to DividedWeFall.com (DividedWeFall.online)… Socialism: The government owns most of the major industries. This is an extreme position that seems to fail. Corporate...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 30, 2017 | • Politics, Democracy, Donald Trump
Republicans In Full Panic As Billionaire GOP Donor Brutally Trashes Trump (DETAILS) Republicans In Full Panic As Billionaire GOP Donor Brutally Trashes Trump (DETAILS) Donald Trump has made enough of a mess of his presidency (and the United States) that the Republican...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 22, 2017 | • Politics, Capitalism, Democracy, Economics & The Economy, Education, Health Care, Income Inequality, Jobs
Harvard Business School: The U.S. Political System Has Been ‘Hijacked’ – The Intellectualist A new case study by Harvard Business School asserts that U.S. politicians have rigged the system to such a degree that the U.S. is becoming a failed...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 23, 2017 | • Politics, Democracy, The Democrats
Seth’s Blog We may dream of the mass market, but the mass market doesn’t dream of us. Almost no one visits your restaurant, almost no one buys your bestselling book, almost no one watches the Tonight Show. Rare indeed is a market… Growth comes from...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 19, 2017 | • Politics, Democracy, Donald Trump
What can Plato teach us about Donald J. Trump? A lot says British-American author and blogger Andrew Sullivan. WATCH the first of our viewpoints – the “delicious spectacle” of Donald...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 6, 2016 | • Politics, Democracy, Donald Trump, Sociology
The United States Is Not an Apocalyptic Wasteland, Explains Steven Pinker Donald Trump’s rise to power was driven in part by an apocalyptic narrative according to which, in a phrase, you are in grave danger. This is consistent with many people’s intuitions...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 6, 2016 | • Politics, Democracy
It was the Democrats’ embrace of neoliberalism that won it for Trump | Naomi Klein They will blame James Comey and the FBI. They will blame voter suppression and racism. They will blame Bernie or bust and misogyny. They will blame third parties and independent...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 5, 2016 | • Politics, Democracy
Evan McMullin tweetstorm on resisting the incoming regime Some of you will recall Evan McMullin as one of the three major alternative candidates in the 2016 presidential election, after the Libertarian Party’s Gary Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 29, 2016 | • Politics, Democracy, Donald Trump
Trump’s NYT transcript: Read it, and weep for our country I urge everyone to take the time to read the entire transcript of Donald Trump’s on-the-record interview with the New York Times. It will make you cringe, grimace and maybe even cry. Some of it has...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 5, 2016 | • Politics, Democracy, The 2016 Presidential Race
How to Get Beyond Our Tribal Politics News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump wins Tuesday, understanding the psychological causes of our...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 27, 2016 | • Politics, Democracy, Right Wing Lunacy
The Disinherited: There is a reason that the white American underclass is so out of step with the rest of America: if you live in a pretend world for long enough you snap The Disinherited: There is a reason that the white American underclass is so out of step with the...
