After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the epitome of the Democratic establishment, uncharacteristically endorsed a non-incumbent in a primary, her chief frenemy fired back. “No one gets to complain about primary challenges again,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the firebrand progressive, tweeted. Tuesday’s…
The man was a walking political disaster. He was “a minority of a minority” who “has been taking some extreme positions.” His positions were “so extreme that they would alter our country’s very economic and social structure and our place…
It was painful, but we made it to the final day of the Democratic National Committee convention, which resembles a dull infomercial more than an actual convention. Those brave enough to tune in have been treated to cringeworthy cheering, bizarre…
In a new Spanish-language campaign ad, Trump strategically draws a direct comparison between progressivism and socialism. The ad begins with Joe Biden saying, “I’m going to be good to go down as one of the most progressive presidents in American…
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made an incredibly misinformed Instagram post yesterday about the statue of St. Damien of Molokai at the Capitol Building, saying, “this is what patriarchy and white supremacist culture looks like!” Statues of white, male historical figures have been…
Conservatives mostly consider the modern progressive a-wokening as irreligious, even immoral and atheistic. But the other side more than returns the compliment, believing conservatives morally and socially bigoted and corrupt. As the great historian Eric Voegelin tried to tell us…
Progressives are resurrecting FDR’s New Deal as a COVID-19 recovery model. “[F]or many Americans, the New Deal launched by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, remains the standard for how the federal government should respond to a major national emergency,” Harvard professor…
Anti-capitalists around the world are now feverishly hoping that the coronavirus crisis will finally herald the long-awaited demise of capitalism. Whether in the United States, Great Britain, France, or Germany, anti-capitalist intellectuals everywhere are trotting out the same arguments. Just…
When former Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders endorsed Joe Biden for president this week, it was the end of the world for young democratic socialists. Forty-seven percent of Sanders supporters, most of whom belong to the two youngest generations, have an…
