Fearful people do stupid things.
The two deficits, their causes, and solutions summarized below from writings by former Senator Barack Obama and Professor Henry Giroux,…
Will the country default by not raising the debt limit? The consensus, which is growing but does not include the…
Why are we, as a nation, no longer expressing concern about the employment deficit? Because the media and the politicians…
In 2006, John Dean wrote this about neoconservatives in his book Conservatives Without Conscience: Neoconservatives are a relatively small group…
Governor Dean, Your optimism is admirable relative to achieving a compromise between those that have such strong 'feelings' over the…
Senator Reid, Have you been punked by the Republicans - like so many Democrats have been? Their right-wing authoritarian minions…
Fearmongering and Noble Lies are primary tools for the right-wing authoritarians (RWA). Just think back to last year and all…
You've heard the question before - Do you still beat your spouse? - and there is no answer that doesn't…
(Note: Authoritarian is used throughout this blog in the context of a personality type — not in the sense of…
The House of Representatives has stood up to President Bush’s fear-mongering. The Bush White House tried to bully the House…
This country has survived times far more difficult than what we've suffered in the early years of this new century.…
Fear mongering, along with "noble lies," addressed elsewhere in this blog, are major components in the authoritarian's tyrannical toolbox. Ever…
All the Republican presidential candidates and the neocon talking heads are telling us, through the compliant profit-oriented media, how bad…