If you never read George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, you may not know what “doublethink” is. Or you may have just forgotten about it. There’s a great definition of “doublethink’ on Wikipedia: Doublethink is a process of indoctrination whereby the subject is expected to simultaneously accept two mutually contradictory beliefs as…

The centennial of the Tulsa massacre has brought a lot of attention to the tragedy that killed more than 800 people and destroyed the wealthiest Black town in America, known as Black Wall Street. Many Americans have brought up how they never knew of this tragedy. I was one of…

There is one thing that the majority has always agreed on: The filibuster is awful. But it doesn’t have to be. It is an unintended and misunderstood aspect of our current state of political affairs which has also obstructed significant process, and it’s only been getting worse. When the nation…

During the second Impeachment of Donald J. Trump, Republican after Republican said that this was not the time for impeachment, but a time for unity. This is akin to the stabber asking the man with a knife in his back to unite with him so the stabber can heal. The…

You can’t say the word “polls” without someone bring up 2016. But there’s a lot that is very from 2016, and we need to understand that when we talk about the polls. From the outset, let me say I’m not saying that your behavior should be in anyway be affected…

For various reasons, some good and some not so good, the founding fathers came up with a document that would protect us from the “tyranny of the majority.” The main drive was the concern that if the majority had absolute rule it would govern in its own self-interest and not…

There’s a segment of conservatives who like to make the argument: “We’re a republic, not a democracy?” This is, of course, absurd. Let’s look at the meaning of the two words from Websters: Democracy: A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them…

For months, we’ve heard about the “enthusiasm” gap: The notion that supporters of Donald Trump are more “enthusiastic,” therefore the polling is under-reporting Trump’s real standing. On it’s face, it’s hard to understand exactly why this is. After all, you can vote doing the polka and drinking a margarita while…

In 2016, there was story after story about “trying to understand” the Donald Trump supporters and their “economic anxiety.” Yeah, that needs to stop. Karens (both male and female) are just a bunch of yammering lemmings who “learn” everything they know from Fox News and actually believe Trump is the…