Category: Election Roundup
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On Not Voting
Kevin Currie-Knight and I debate the issues raised in his recent essay.
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On Not Voting for the Lesser of Two Evils
by Kevin Currie-Knight I became eligible to vote when I turned 18, in 1995. I first cast a vote for President in 1996 (I can say with some shame that I voted for Ross Perot, a misguided protest vote). I’ve voted in every Presidential — and most other — election(s) ever since…. except this one.…
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US Presidential Election 2020 — Roundtable Discussion
My discussion with EA’s own Robert Gressis (Cal State Northridge) and Spencer Case (Wuhan University) on the US 2020 Presidential Election. https://youtu.be/G4X9CdMUyYQ
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Basket of Deplorables: Crisis in American Federalism
by E. John Winner ___ The presidency of Donald Trump has revealed two truths, not merely inconvenient but tragic. These truths are only hinted at by pundits on the contemporary political scene, for they violate long inculcated beliefs and assumed norms that allow us to communicate and share living space – however uncomfortably – with…
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The New Abnormal
by Robert Gressis ___ I suspect that there’s a displaced desire for conflict animating a lot of political junkies: we can’t very well go and raid another tribe anymore, so we settle for destroying them in discourse. This is a rather preferable arrangement: both sides can leave a political debate telling themselves they have destroyed…
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A Perspective on Aspects of U.S. Foreign Policy
by Mark English In the lead-up to the last presidential election, I saw Hillary Clinton as a more dangerous prospect than Donald Trump. As Marc Faber put it so succinctly (if hyperbolically) at the time: Trump would destroy America but Clinton would destroy the world. The logic went as follows. Hillary Clinton took, as her…
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How to Lose an Election that You Should Win in a Fucking Landslide
by Daniel A. Kaufman ____ To his credit, Joe Biden has been running a brilliant campaign…by not running one. Other than for a brief moment at the Democratic National Convention, one rarely ever sees or hears from the man, which is ideal for two reasons: first, Biden can barely put together a coherent sentence and…
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Yet Some Men Say in Many Parts that Arthur is not Dead
by E. John Winner This essay is composed of informal reflections on the historical impact of the recent election; therefore, I hope the reader forgives the lack of endnotes and links supporting much of what I say here, since I am not making a case but offering a personal point of view. From Le Morte…
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Why Rational People End Up In Echo Chambers
By Daniel Tippens In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, many have been searching for explanations for his victory. Some anti-Trumpers cite sexism or nation-wide xenophobia, a distaste for the establishment, and so on. Some Trumpers point to a distaste for politically correct culture, dissatisfaction with the Obama administration’s economic policies, and Clinton’s email scandal.…
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Tribalism, Community, and Politics
by Daniel A. Kaufman My discussion with Robert Wright on the moral and cultural dimensions of the election. Originally aired on MeaningofLife.TV, November 14, 2016.