Culture Warriors category archive
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At the Tampa Bay Times, history professor Jonathan S. Perry looks back in time and sees parallels to Florida Governor DeSantis’s attempts to pretend history isn’t.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Sam and his crew talk with Vanderbilt professor Jefferson Cowie about how the legacy of George Wallace lives on today.
Republican Family Values 0
Michelle Goldberg is an optimist. She suggests that Republicans are starting realize that, in their crusade against abortion, they may have overreached.
She may be right, but my guess is that in order to retain the support of the right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians, Republicans will double-down.
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Robert C. Koehler explains the unstated wishes of those who are “anti-woke”:
Follow the link for context.
The Republican Party Personality Cult
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At the Las Vegas Sun, Casey Harrison explores Republicans’ fealty to Donald Trump in the face of the evidence of–er–somewhat questionable behavior. A snippet (emphasis added):
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“Unlike figures like Richard Nixon, who faced severe political consequences from his party in the light of the Watergate scandal, Trump has had no consequences meted out to him by the current Republican Party for his antagonism,” Benning said. “In this way, his supporters see a figure who shares their personality traits and values, who promises to put them on top of society, even though Trump has antagonistic and disinhibited traits that would make it difficult for him to enact those promises.”
The complete piece is worthy of your attention.
The Rule of Lawless 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini looks at how right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians are reacting to the indictment of Donald Trump and concludes
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Hoist on His Own Petard 0
Honest to Betsy (Pete’s on break), you can’t make this stuff up.
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At Psychology Today Blogs, Veronika Tait argues that “endorsing the ‘poor but happy’ trope excuses inequality.” A nugget (emphasis added):
Yet research shows that those from low-income households are less happy on average than those from higher-income households.