Phil Tinline’s book shines in its examination of how Americans — on both the left and the right — treat the truth.
This places our country and democracy in dire straits, writes former paratrooper and current historian Dr. Michael Gambone.
Steve Benen’s “Ministry of Truth” illustrates a consistent pattern of success when Republicans rewrite history to reflect “their preferred narrative.” But their success is democracy’s loss.
This book is essential reading for anyone interested in deciphering the sometimes dark complexities of faith and skepticism that dominate much of contemporary American culture and life.
A review of Joan Donovan, Emily Dreyfuss and Brian Friedberg’s “Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battle Upending Democracy in America.”
A review of Jesselyn Cook’s “The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family.”
Renée DiResta’s exceptional book examines the intricate architecture of online communication and its consequences.
In the closing months of a presidential election, this book is a valuable tool for understanding what drives too much of our contemporary politics.
A review of Arthur Goldwag’s “The Politics of Fear: The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia.”
“I would like to know if the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, the other school districts in Pennsylvania and in Bucks County, might be interested in starting a class action lawsuit against the state for the calculable amount of money that we are losing as a school district ‘cause it’s going to blow up everybody’s budget,” Centennial School District Board Member Michael Hartline.
“This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections,” said Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker.
“Discarding thousands of ballots every election is not a reasonable trade-off in view of the date requirement’s extremely limited and unlikely capacity to detect and deter fraud,” the appeals court panel wrote.
The city is resisting an occupied force in creative, raucous, and even joyful ways. The rest of the nation should take note.
Partisan gerrymandering is an anathema to our democracy.
