Dissident Politics

Pragmatic politics focused on the public interest for those uncomfortable with America's two-party system and its way of doing politics. Considering the interface of politics with psychology, cognitive biology, social behavior, morality and history.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Politicians lie

Feb. 13, 2015: David Harsanyi, an intelligent and articulate senior editor at The Federalist , commented in a National Review Online (NRO) ...

Sunday, February 22, 2015

The high cost of spin in politics

American freedoms include the freedom of speech. The U.S. constitution protects it with a broad, strong shield. With only some exceptions , ...

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Federal debt; military bases

Federal debt Feb. 3, 2015: The Wall Street Journal reported that a White House analysis projects that interest payments on the national d...

Monday, February 16, 2015

Political rhetoric is empty debate: Spin defined

The definition of spin Maybe the best way to categorize political speech that isn't 'honest' is to call it spin. Assuming ...

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