DeSantis Joins Trump & Christian Nationalists In Opposition to Aid for Ukraine

This week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined Donald Trump and much of America's Christian right in opposition to continued aid to Ukraine,...

Fox News Created the Audience Who it Now Says it Must "Respect" By Feeding Them a Diet of BS

One might expect that Fox News would be embarrassed by the recent revelations that it continued to air segments on Trump's stolen...

New Polling Finds that Support for Abortion Rights is Rising in the Face of Greater Restrictions

As conservative legislators prepare more abortion restrictions in states with large numbers of evangelical Christians, and Republican...

Yes, Republicans Like Ron DeSantis, Have Advocated Cuts to Social Security and Medicare for Years

Despite their recent denials and the catcalls during President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address, Republicans including FL Gov. Ron...

The GOP has Become the Party of Old, White, Anti-Woke Geezers Shaking their Cane at the Modern World

Every time I hear FL Gov. Ron DeSantis go on one of his anti-woke diatribes I'm reminded of older folks ranting about the "long-haired...

Despite Reports of its Demise, Globalization is Alive and Well, But It's Changing a Bit

With the election of Donald Trump and the rise of Populism, again at the beginning of the Covid pandemic, and most recently when Russia's...

New Studies Demonstrate The Importance of Immigration to America's Economy

Immigrants are vital to America's economic success. There is a mountain of research to prove it and two recent studies underscore why...

Education, Science & the Growing Anti-Intellectualism among Conservative Republicans

As a long-time political science professor, the thing that worries me most about the modern Republican Party is its growing aversion to...

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"Let there be a special place in Hell for pundits who make predictions." - American Historian Rick Perlstein The thing about predictions...

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