The pathological entitlement of the supremacist
Originally published at Counterpunch. In recent days, the CPAC conference has brought us a number of most unusual spectacles. It has brought us (1) the militantly tawdry respawning of Donald…
Liberal Capitalism is Dead
From its beginnings out of the European Enlightenment, Liberal capitalism was based on a promise of progress through justice predicated on equality before the law. In light of the fact…
The Neoliberal Virus
This article originally appeared at Counterpunch. To date, and to the extent that alleged political leaders have even tried to come to terms with the origins of the COVID-19 crisis…
The Political Uses of Pandemic
This article originally appeared on Counterpunch. Crisis has long had political uses for ruling groups. As I wrote in a piece for CounterPunch in 2015, elites and their intellectual courtiers…
Crisis-Afflicted Humanity is like an Alzheimer’s Patient Lost in the Forest
Originally published on Counterpunch. A couple of very useful quotes are attributed to Einstein. The first is his definition of madness as doing the same thing over and over and…
Christchurch, the White Victim Complex and Savage Capitalism
The Christchurch atrocity is a result of the scapegoating dynamic of savage capitalism, built on a white victim complex refusing to acknowledge any difference between respecting other cultures and the…
Is Politics Getting Worse, Or Are We Getting a Better Handle on How Bad It Has Always Been?
Originally published on Counterpunch. In assessing the present condition of things, the endemic corruption and open hostility on the part of our alleged representatives to the needs and concerns of…
Media Hype, Imaginary Hobgoblins: Malcolm And Peter’s Politics Of Moral Panic
Originally published at New Matilda, though they seem to have joined so much of the rest of the nominal left. ‘The whole aim of practical politics,’ wrote US journalist H.…
The Scare Cycle: Moral Panics and National Elections
Have an article on moral panics and national election cycles in the latest issue of Arena Journal, No 47/48.
Trump and Ur-Fascism
Trump-style populism has made a strategy out of substituting superficial charm and emotional appears to fear of the Other for policy, education and experience/ For traditional liberals and Democrats in…