Daily Archives: January 13, 2021

The Capitol Hill Riots & Power In America (1-13-21)

00:00 House votes to impeach Trump 13:00 Babylonian Hebrew joins 35:20 Invoking Motive, Means & Opportunity Is Not A Strong Argument For The Presence Of Widespread Voter Fraud, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=135279 58:00 Theories of Power: Perceived Strategies for Gaining and Maintaining Power, … Continue reading

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Ann Coulter Was Right?

A friend says: Politics can only be interesting if there is a win here and there for both teams. Trump might have appeared to be a big win, but increasingly just look like a meaningless anomaly. Culturally the left is … Continue reading

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NYT: White Riot – How racism, grievance, resentment and the fear of diminished status came together to fuel violence and mayhem on Jan. 6.

Thomas Edsall writes in the New York Times: There is evidence that many non-college white Americans who have been undergoing what psychiatrists call “involuntary subordination” or “involuntary defeat” both resent and mourn their loss of centrality and what they perceive … Continue reading

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Theories of Power: Perceived Strategies for Gaining and Maintaining Power

Here are some highlights of a recent study noted in the New York Times today: * What does it take to gain and maintain power? Aristotle believed that power was afforded to individuals that acted in virtuous ways that promote … Continue reading

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