Above: Protesters occupy the Senate Hart building during a rally against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington. Credit: radionz.co.nz The Culture War, Brett Kavanaugh and “owning the libs” Of course, a real civil war is not going to happen anytime soon, and it will most likely not happen anytime in the far future....
For Part I, Click Here. Contrast the lethargic initiative of Mr Trump leading to a “business as usual” policy mentality with the raw energy animating the American left. Right now, we are witnessing the equivalent of left wing tea party-style political renaissance. Millions took to the streets for the womens’ march after Donald Trump’s inauguration....
This entry is the third and final part of a three part essay outlining the contemporary structural challenges of US governance. For Part I, click here. For Part II, click here. The rudderless state of the US Congress, with no clarifying initiative from an increasingly weakened chief executive is especially disturbing in light of recent...
For Part I, click here Distrust within the body politic toward each other and institutions like the American presidency is not simply the fault of Donald Trump. The meme of Donald Trump being a unique threat to American democracy creates a far too simplistic narrative that media figures have exploited in part due to preconceived...
America is currently suffering a crisis of governance which prevents adequate action from the executive branch in response to Russian government-sponsored social media activity in the 2016 election. This context is necessary to see past the day-to-day noise of the American media’s attempts to label Russian election interference––and the political fallout––as a crisis uniquely rooted...