It’s common knowledge among the thinking crowd—a class that seems to shrink more and more each day—that there is a significant overlap between the Republican Party and American racism. American racism, of course, is much too prolific to be pigeonholed into a singular category of any kind. It is a far greater, craftier, and more …
It’s said that fortune favors the bold, but American history suggests that it doesn’t always favor the bright. Pure boldness has little trouble finding the limelight, even when its consequences are close behind. The Virtue of Volume Take former president Donald Trump and influencer Andrew Tate for examples. Neither one of them is the sharpest …
Throughout history, several authoritarian and totalitarian governments solidified the power of their leaders by developing what is called a “cult of personality.” A cult of personality can be described as a collective positive perception of a political figure that’s built out of unwavering praise and propaganda in that figure’s favor. They are grounded in fanfare …
The Government’s Handling of Mental Health, Past and Present It’s common knowledge that deployment isn’t for the weak. The military is focused on training its recruits to be physically fit and ready for battle, but how does the government prepare its soldiers for the outside world? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, commonly known as PTSD, is …
