A century ago, The New York Times marked each Christmas Day by publishing Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler’s annual holiday message—an accomplishment among many in his distinguished public career. Despite this achievement and his good holiday… Read More »2023 Christmas Greeting
Somewhere along my three-hour drive to Philadelphia, I couldn’t help but realize the announcement of a third-party candidacy by an outcast offspring of a storied American political dynasty was the perfect event to begin my… Read More »Observing a political sideshow
In 2023, despite his central role in American political and social life for eight years, there remains a lack of coherent understanding of the Cult of Trump. While willing to criticize Donald Trump, the establishment media… Read More »The Cult of Trump
The Intellectual Dark Web is a group of prominent commentators who oppose the so-called Woke Mind Virus which they believe propagates dangerous critical theories that threaten to destroy Western civilization. They decry identity politics and cancel culture, and warn… Read More »The Questionable Intellect of the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’
We should acknowledge the history we have lived through in plain terms. In 2016, a far right populist was elected president despite losing the popular vote. He sought to withhold defense funding from Ukraine in… Read More »Where we’ve been and the road ahead
This year was a lot. So was last year. And the year before that. Living through history, we have all learned, is a lot. There is no doubt that Americans, along with most of the world,… Read More »Combatting news fatigue and the importance of building community
When it comes to democracy, Americans should pay close attention to Joe Biden’s words and heed his warnings. From Charlottesville, to January 6th, to the 2022 midterm elections, Biden has clearly articulated the threats facing… Read More »A collection of warnings from Joe Biden on threats to American democracy
There has emerged among the media establishment a fear of calling out connections between the conservative rhetoric in America and Russian propaganda. This may be a result of the extraordinarily effective “Russia, Russia, Russia!” slogan… Read More »The Russification of the American conservative movement
On Thursday, President Joe Biden will deliver a historic speech on the state of democracy in the 21st century. While Europe faces the greatest threat to its stability since World War II, Republicans in the… Read More »Joe Biden’s historic speech on democracy
I’m sorry, Neill Blomkamp. I was a big fan of viral marketing in high school, so much so that I co-created MovieViral.com, a website that followed viral marketing campaigns for films. MovieViral provided coverage of the marketing campaigns… Read More »My 13-years-too-late apology to Neill Blomkamp, the director of District 9