American Politics

August 2021

August 09, 2021
By James A. Haught Many atheists also are progressive "social justice warriors" striving to make...

May 2021

May 26, 2021
New York City's adoption of RCV paves the way to fix a fundamental flaw in...
May 12, 2021
George W. Bush doesn't deserve forgiveness for his disastrous presidency even if he does criticize...

April 2021

April 28, 2021
Even basic self-preservation doesn't motivate conservatives who are literally willing to throw their lives away...

March 2021

March 10, 2021
Biden's stimulus bill is a triumph of progressive priorities that shows Democrats have learned their...

February 2021

February 15, 2021
By James A. Haught Strangely, over a century, America's two major political parties gradually reversed...

January 2021

January 06, 2021
Trump's brand of politics - ultra-nationalism, grievance-stoking white supremacy, and authoritarian strongman worship - has...

December 2020

December 21, 2020
Washington, Oregon and the "Left Coast" have evolved away from religion, and they seem to...
December 09, 2020
Donald Trump's defeat, despite the fanatic devotion of his evangelical base, was the first ray...
December 07, 2020
White evangelicals continued to support for President Trump and Republicans in 2020 - but religion...

November 2020

November 30, 2020
Was 2020 a watershed point, when the "religious right" slipped too far downhill to be...
November 11, 2020
While there's much work ahead for progressives, we can take this moment to take a...
November 03, 2020
My co-author Jim Haught has penned his thoughts on tomorrow's election, and I'd like to...
November 02, 2020
By James A. Haught In the classic movie "Citizen Kane," a ruthless newspaper tycoon runs...

September 2020

September 07, 2020
By James A. Haught Sometimes it seems like we live in a huge loony bin...

July 2020

July 27, 2020
The 2020 election may reveal whether America's white evangelical religious right finally is losing political...
July 08, 2020
Americans are the unhappiest we've ever been. Is it a surrender to despair or a...

May 2020

May 20, 2020
White conservatives are willing to impoverish, sicken and kill themselves to prevent people of color...

April 2020

April 29, 2020
The Democratic party isn't as liberal as we'd like it to be, but it's not...

January 2020

January 29, 2020
Elections are like tug-of-war: the only way to win is to take hold of the...

December 2019

December 16, 2019
A hint of cultism hovers in Donald Trump's seizure of the Republican Party base and...
December 09, 2019
Religious kooks in high office are an absurd facet of the Republican Trump administration.

February 2019

February 18, 2019
Big news today! I'm happy to announce my first featured article for Political Research Associates,...

January 2019

January 14, 2019
The immortal novel A Tale of Two Cities begins: It was the best of times, it was...

November 2018

November 28, 2018
By James A. Haught In the 2018 election, America's shrinking segment of white evangelicals mobilized...

May 2018

May 23, 2018
In liberal, diverse blue cities, there’s not as much of a call for firebrand atheism.

December 2017

December 13, 2017
Can this be real? “On a very personal level, I want to thank each of...

April 2017

April 26, 2017
They know that slashing the safety net will plunge millions into poverty - and they're...

February 2017

February 06, 2017
The culture war is already happening, and scientists didn't start it.

January 2017

January 18, 2017
Dear Governor Cuomo: As a New York State resident and a Democrat, I was dismayed...
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