Democracy

N.Y. Post: Citizens, only Supreme Leader Joe Biden can save democracy: hearing his speech is compulsory

New York Post, September 15, 2023 Citizens, only Supreme Leader Joe Biden can save democracy: hearing his speech is compulsory by James Bovard Joe Biden is planning another victory lap as the savior of American democracy. The president will do a high-profile speech on the “ongoing threats to democracy” in Arizona just after the next […]

The Fierce Ideological War Between Progressives v. Liberals

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) Back in the 1970s, the only big difference between liberals and progressives was that, whereas liberals, such as Hubert Humphrey, supported the military-industrial complex, progressives, such as George McGovern, opposed it. But, now, that difference has become expanded into a vast chasm, in which, whereas liberals support intensification of the […]

The New Type of ‘Democracy’: U.S-&-Allied Leaders Lie Constantly to Their Citizenry

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) Throughout history, imperialists have always ‘justified’ their empires by moral-sounding excuses such as that the empire comes from ‘God’ or from the nation’s being somehow ’superior’ to all others; but this has always been a fraud. The latest excuse is that only ‘our’ nation and its ‘allies’ (vassal nations, colonies) […]

If U.S.-&-Allied countries are democracies, then why are their leaders despised by the people they rule?

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The theory behind a democracy is that the public get to choose their leaders. If the theory has been adhered to — reflects the reality — then at least 50% of the public in such a country approve of their leader. Here are the actual latest polled approve-disapprove ratings of […]

Macaulay and My 75-Cent Epiphanies, Part 1

Macaulay and My 75-Cent Epiphanies, Part 1 by James Bovard Fearing that my writing style was becoming anemic, I recently sought a literary booster shot from my bookshelves. Happily, a dozen volumes of Thomas Macaulay awaited me. Macaulay made history mesmerizing, and I have been captivated by his speed, grace, and wit for 40 years. […]
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N.Y. Post: Latest Biden coverup — 5,400 emails he sent under secret names

New York Post, August 29, 2023 Latest Biden coverup — 5,400 emails he sent under secret names by James Bovard In Washington, conning the American people is always considered a victimless crime. The latest DC shellshocker is the National Archives blocking release of 5,000+ emails Vice President Joe Biden wrote using a pseudonym to shroud […]