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 science, social behavior, morality and history.

Monday, December 16, 2019

Public Defenses Against the Dark Arts are Weak or Non-Existent

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The New York Times reports that almost no candidate running for office in 2020 is making a significant effort to combat snake oil (disinfor...

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Fairness and Objectivity are All but Dead in the GOP

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The Washington Post writes that at least one GOP senator is openly not concerned with fairness in any impeachment trial that may reach the ...

Saturday, December 14, 2019

America's Move Toward Single Party Rule

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In 2017, the Economist magazine wrote regarding the tendency of American elections to no longer convert majority votes into control of gover...

Friday, December 13, 2019

PROFILE OF A DEPLORABLE?

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A personal observation by SNOWFLAKE I listen almost daily to talk radio, mainly on a station called POTUS, and particularly on "...

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Charting the Flow of Political Power: The 1880 Conspectus of American Politics

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The National Museum of American History has an amazing graphic that shows the flow of political power from colonial times to 1880. The muse...

Chapter Review: Lies for the Public Good

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Chapter 12 of Sissella Bok's book (1999 edition), Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life , focuses on the rationales and consequ...

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