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.

Friday, December 24, 2021

Christmas Eve politics open thread

It has been a discouraging year. The Repubs are in a orderly linear firing squad, calmly shooting at the Dems. In response, the Dems are in ...

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Was worry about the Insurrection Act a reason for the slow response to the 1/6 coup attempt?

A short segment on MSNBC last night by Chris Hayes focused on one possible reason the Pentagon was slow to respond to the attack on the capi...

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

The Role of Fox News in the Slow Motion Unraveling of The American Polity and Society

The following TV documentary provides a reasonably good account of the process by which Fox News became "The Trump Channel"-- ulti...

The final collapse of ethics and rationality in government

I can see clearly and I like what I see! Neoliberalism : a political approach that favors free-market capitalism, deregulation, and reducti...

Here's to a little more common sense and good will and a little less angst and celebrity fandom

Right on the money. Since I could not have written a better op-ed, I will just post this one from Julie Doll https://www.cjonline.com/stor...

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Republican talking point: You're playing into their hands, don't do it even though we told you to

Angry Republicans In the last couple of months a possibly new, Republican Party talking point has occasionally bubbled up in Republican extr...

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