Category: politics

Why Politics Fails

Nothing will change until we confront the real sources of power.

Here’s one of the big ideas we need to fight the power of the elite.

Billionaires are hiding behind a network of “independent” groups, who manipulate politics on their behalf.

We cannot restrain climate change without a political fight against plutocracy.

Here’s how we can defeat political corruption of the kind that’s destroying US democracy.

How conservatism turned into an orgy of destruction.

We’re getting a better idea of how billionaires and corporations capture government policy.

How moral psychology has been used to create a new and toxic political myth.

Ayn Rand’s ideas have become the Marxism of the new right.

Conservatism is linked to low intelligence; but the real idiots are the progressives letting it win.

As soon as it encounters environmental issues, the ideology of the new right becomes ensnared in its own contradictions.

Rightwing libertarians have turned “freedom” into an excuse for greed and exploitation.

We have a democratic right to know who is funding public advocacy.

Rightwingers say they hate big government. As their current campaigns show, it’s not true.

Conservatives have perfected the trick of defending power by attacking it.

The Tea Parties didn’t arise spontaneously: they were boiled up by big business.

Progressive causes are failing: here’s how they could be turned around

Why climate science divides people along political lines.

The Tea Party movement is steeped in misinformation and denial. But it has a lot to teach the left.

This hung parliament is the first and possibly last chance we have to transform politics. We must seize it.