Authoritarianism

Republican Senators – Shameless, Spineless, or Without Conscience?

RE: Most Republican Senators voted yesterday to pass the Paul Ryan Budget Plan for the wealthy. Tonight, I sent the…

15 years ago

Newt Gingrich – President of the United States?

Newt Gingrich is the Ayman al-Zawahiri of the Republican Party. Both are

15 years ago

Social Dominance Authoritarians – Rule By Fearful Fantasies

In 2006, John Dean wrote this about neoconservatives in his book Conservatives Without Conscience: Neoconservatives are a relatively small group…

15 years ago

Violence Against Americans by Americans – Individual Action Is Only Part of the Story

Individual actions result from the influences of many factors. This is referred to as "systemic causation." Some factors are genetic…

15 years ago

The Hypothetical Left/Center/Right Scale – Has The Republican Party Become Extremist?

In E. J. Dionne's Where the 'No Labels' movement falls short, he states: The truth is that the American right…

15 years ago

The Tea Party – The “Masses” for American Authoritarianism

In 2003, Laurence W. Britt, reviewed seven national regimes which followed the "fascist or protofascist model in obtaining, expanding, and…

15 years ago

Analysis of the Tea Party – Loyal Right-wing Authoritarian Followers

Professor Robert Altemeyer of the University of Manitoba collaborated with John Dean on Dean's book Conservatives Without Conscience (CWC), which…

15 years ago

Ron Paul Is Right – He Just Didn’t Fully Describe Who’s at Fault.

RE: Ron Paul to Sunshine Patriots: Stop Your Demagogy About The NYC Mosque!,  Representative Paul, I think John Dean, former counsel…

15 years ago

Bad Deeds for 8-23-2010

  Tax Cuts for the Super Rich - Republicans and conservative Democrats have rejected every suggestion that we do more…

15 years ago

Reality and Howard Dean’s Hopeful Optimism

Governor Dean, Your optimism is admirable relative to achieving a compromise between those that have such strong 'feelings' over the…

15 years ago