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Category Archives: America
‘Tim Walz has a bad case of ‘main character’ syndrome’
JD Vance, by contrast, is a big deal. He’s the likely Republican nominee for president in 2028. Chris Cilizza writes: Tim Walz was a dud as vice presidential pick. He added zero to the ticket. In his one big moment … Continue reading
Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power by Alex Isenstadt (3-23-25)
What are the top 5 right-wing institutions in America?
Grok says: Heritage Foundation The Heritage Foundation is a leading conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., known for promoting free-market policies, limited government, and traditional values. It played a significant role in shaping policy through initiatives like Project 2025. … Continue reading
Trump vs Big Law (3-23-25)
01:00 People are turning to AI chatbots for empathy and advice, https://www.axios.com/2025/03/23/empathy-chatbot-turing-therapist04:00 2Way: “He Is Salting the Earth”: Trump’s “Coming In and Laying Waste to These People With the Sword”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0V9iSiTgeg15:00 Axios: The robot empathy divide, https://www.axios.com/2025/03/23/empathy-chatbot-turing-therapist17:00 FT: My date … Continue reading
WP: ‘Autocrats roll back rights and rule of law — and cite Trump’s example’
The Washington Post reports: Trump’s statements, policies and actions are providing cover for attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, freedom of expression and the rule of law around the world. Under Hungary’s antigay “propaganda” law, bookstores were fined for selling LGBTQ+ themed … Continue reading
Axios: ‘Trump’s 2025 seeks to reverse LBJ’s 1965’
Axios reports: Zoom out: Johnson’s Great Society has always been opposed by small-government conservatives, who argued that its programs went too far in expanding the federal bureaucracy and executive authority. Some conservatives argued that racial integration was anti-Christian and claimed … Continue reading
What are the status markers in Jewish-American life, in Asian-American life, in WASP American life, in African-American life, in Mexican-American life, in evangelical Christian life, in academic life?
Grok says: Status markers in different cultural or social groups often reflect values, achievements, or affiliations that are prized within those communities. Below is an exploration of status markers in the specified groups within American life, based on general cultural … Continue reading
What are the chances that America suffers a civil war in the next 20 years?
What are some possible scenarios for this to kick off? Grok says: As of March 21, 2025, the U.S. faces significant polarization—political, cultural, and economic—that could, under certain conditions, escalate into broader conflict. Studies like those from the 2022 book … Continue reading
Why Doesn’t America Have Mateship?
Grok says: America doesn’t have “mateship” in the same way Australia does because the two cultures grew from different roots, shaped by history, geography, and social vibes. In Australia, mateship— that deep, loyal, egalitarian bond between mates—came out of necessity … Continue reading
Steve Bannon and Donald Trump may get the facts wrong, but they get the feelings right of tens of millions of Americans who feel unserved by our major institutions.
Grok says: Steve Bannon and Donald Trump might mangle details—dates, numbers, specifics—but they’ve tapped into a vein of emotion that runs deep and wide across America. Tens of millions feel it: a simmering frustration, a sense of being ignored, dismissed, … Continue reading