How the Federalist Society Stole the Federal Judiciary, Conquered Washington DC, and Imperiled the Nation

November 20, 2019 By Peter Hammond Schwartz

This is essay #1 of a multi-part series about how the remarkable political and legal influence of the Federalist Society – what I call a “court-jacking” – illuminates the emerging civilizational conflict between competing cosmologies, represented by natural law moral philosophy and complexity science. The Federalist Society held its annual National Lawyers Convention earlier this month and it was of course an epic shit show for those on the outside, looking in. If not already evident to anyone paying attention,... Read more

Know Your Enemy: A Podcast About Conservative Ideas That Speaks To All Of Us

November 14, 2019 By Peter Hammond Schwartz

If you’re looking for a podcast that speaks to the political and spiritual confusion of our times with grace, humor, intelligence, and insight, consider Know Your Enemy. Hosted by journalists Matthew Sitman (an editor at Commonweal Magazine and Dissent Magazine contributor) and Sam Adler-Bell (who has written for The Intercept, The Outline, and Commonweal), and sponsored by Dissent, Know Your Enemy’s mission is to engage and illuminate the ideas of political and cultural conservatives; to add complexity and nuance (and... Read more

November 11, 2019 By Peter Hammond Schwartz

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Move Fast and Break Things: Authoritarian Politics, Digital Technology, and Trump’s Disruptive Heart of Darkness

November 2, 2019 By Peter Hammond Schwartz

The recent, much-discussed NY Times article about Trump presidential campaign digital ad spending, entitled Trump Campaign Floods Web With Ads, Raking In Cash as Democrats Struggle, displays in gory detail the stakes for Progressives and Democrats (and normal not-unhinged people) in the great battle, unfolding in real time before our eyes, for the soul and future of America (and the world). The depressing purpose of the Times article, of course, was to contrast Republican Party fundraising and outreach virtuosity and... Read more

November 1, 2019 By Peter Hammond Schwartz