Project 2025: Eclipse of the Free State
Introduction: The Blueprint of Power The year is 2025, and the political landscape of the United States has become unrecognizable. The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, once presented as a strategic…
What Could Have Been: King/Kennedy ’72
In this alternate timeline, the year is 1972, and the United States of America stands at the threshold of a profound transformation. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., having narrowly escaped…
What Could Have Been: President Al Gore and the Thwarting of the 9/11 Attacks
The second in a series of “what if’s…” that critically examine American history. On September 11, 2001, the United States faced one of its darkest days when 19 terrorists associated…
Conservatism on Trial: Unpacking the Historical Missteps and Contemporary Crises of Right-Wing Ideology
Throughout history, political ideologies have oscillated between progress and preservation, often clashing over the direction of societal evolution. Conservative movements, globally and historically, have staunchly advocated for the maintenance of…
The Arcs of Ideals and Reality: The Jeffersonian Dichotomy in American Political Evolution
The American political landscape, rich in historical upheavals, ideological shifts, and transformative figures, presents a fascinating study of contrasts, particularly in the trajectories of the Democratic and Republican parties. Central…
Astroturfed Conservatism: The Fabricated Grassroots Movements and Their Place in History
From the inception of the American political landscape, conservatism has played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s policies, values, and social dynamics. However, a critical examination of various conservative…
Konrad Heiden: Warnings Unheeded in the Weimar Republic… and Today
In the annals of historical scholarship, few have possessed the foresight and clarity of Konrad Heiden, a journalist and author who, amidst the turmoil of the Weimar Republic, discerned the…
Can MAGA Still End American Democracy?
The United States, despite Donald Trump’s resounding loss in 2020, still finds itself grappling with political and social dynamics that bear unsettling echoes of the past. Central to this upheaval…
The MAGA Movement: A Nexus of Whiteness, White Supremacy, and Neo-Fascism
“Whiteness” and “white supremacy” are terms that have gained significant attention in discussions about race and politics in the United States. “Whiteness” refers to the social, cultural, and political practices…
Nixon and Guevara: In Conversation
In a covert maneuver orchestrated by his advisors, Richard Nixon finds himself in Havana, Cuba, a city at the heart of revolutionary fervor, where Che Guevara holds sway as one…