Category Archives: Politics

The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government

Posted on December 25, 2024 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2024 book: * Back in the 1850s, the gun magnate Samuel Colt attempted to secure a federal patent extension with the help of young women who’d been enlisted to entertain elected officials. “To reach … Continue reading →

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The Embodied Expression Of The Elite Attitude

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Luke Ford

In his Oct. 7, 2024 “Israel Update” video with the Hudson Institute’s Middle East analyst Michael Doran, right-wing Israeli historian Gadi Taub selected this as his dumbest media commentary moment of the week: “[Journalist] Ilana Dayan speaking on CNN to … Continue reading →

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Left Eclectism vs Right Eclectism

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Luke Ford

Religion has become less influential over the past century because many people have found their needs for comfort were better met by secular alternatives to religion. For example, instead of explaining natural phenomena such as earthquakes as the will of … Continue reading →

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Representations of reliability: The rhetoric of political flip-flopping

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Luke Ford

Joshua Bentley published in 2019: One option when a politician changes positions is to simply announce the new position without acknowledging any change occurred. Ignoring the flip-flop may allow the politician to avoid awkward questions about it, if the issue … Continue reading →

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The JD Vance Pick

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Luke Ford

Tracing Woodgrains writes: [T]he GOP is looking to make an appeal to anti-woke Silicon Valley or finance types to fill the void left by the Republican Party’s competency crisis. Right now, there is tremendous asymmetry between the parties in policy … Continue reading →

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