February
America is engaged in a ‘rich white civil war’
I’m not a fan of populism, but real populism would be better than the right-wing elite nihilists who are running the country now.
October 2024
Why Democrats and Republicans have the same problem
Historically, one majority party has a big vision for the country which a minority party tries to poke holes in. Today, that’s no longer the case.
September 2024
Five reasons Trump could still win (and Harris blows it)
It’s always misleading to follow election news day to day. Elections are driven by a few core realities and if Donald Trump wins in November, it will be due to these five drivers of support for Trumpism.
June 2024
The educated elite is destroying America
Progressive culture has spread from the universities to national life, triggering a backlash that benefits political populists such as Donald Trump.
May 2024
Populism is yet to peak globally
It’s a mistake to analyse the presidential election in America-only terms. Joe Biden and Donald Trump are being tossed about by global political climate extremely favourable for right-wing populists.
February 2024
The political failure of Bidenomics
Joe Biden has delivered in spades for ordinary American workers. But it is not enough to get past the gulf that separates them from educated Democrat elites.
October 2023
Not a black and white conflict between victims and Nazis
The Israel-Gaza conflict has destroyed certain assumptions about the world order and pushed us closer to nihilism.
August 2023
Therapy culture has turned people into fragile narcissists
Maturity is achieved by getting out of your own selfish point of view and developing the ability to absorb, understand and inhabit the views of others.
August 2022
Why rich friends are so important to success
Friendships that span different social classes can not only make you happier; they can make you richer.
September 2021
How the ‘bourgeois bohemians’ broke America
The creative class was supposed to foster progressive values and economic growth. Instead, we got resentment, alienation and endless political dysfunction.
August 2021
Why Joe Biden is on the right track
Beyond the noisy Democrat progressives and Republican nativists, America’s two parties are still producing bipartisan results.
May 2021
This is how wokeness will end
Woke jargon has become a passport to the top of society. But it is also being turned from protest to product.
October 2020
Why the Democrats are winning this race
The Democrats are cleverly fighting the least ideological election of recent times. They are now the party of safety and order.
August 2020
The Democrats who rose to the moment
Obama, Sanders, and Warren spoke not for an election but for a time of crisis in American history. Bill Clinton should have stayed at home.
May 2020
I have a dream of a real leader
America's unlettered, self-centred President doesn't have the character-forming spiritual, and historical resources to strengthen resolve to endure the pandemic.
December 2019
Once was a socialist until reality bit
The world is too complicated too be planned by socialists. But we still need a fairer capitalism.