Howie KleinApr 1314 minGood Morning! Can Democracy Survive?Although the House Republican conference is filled with nuts who believe all kinds of the crackpot conspiracy theories that circulate...
Howie KleinJan 126 minThe Democrats May Suck, But The GOP Is The Party Of Dysfunction, Perfidy, Anomie & ViolenceWashington Post reporters Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett broke the news today that the Department of Justice has a new unit to address...
Howie KleinDec 29, 20214 minIs It Too Late For Democracy?Just before dawn-- right around the time our post about how Americans have turned against the Supreme Court went up-- the NY Times...
Howie KleinDec 10, 20216 minRepublicans Peel Off Their Masks And Show Their Ugly Anti-Democracy FacesI'm not one to shy away from calling out conservative Democrats from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party-- the Blue Dogs and New...
Howie KleinDec 6, 202113 minDoes Anyone Care That American Democracy Is Inexorably Slipping Away?Writing for the Associated Press early this morning, Brian Slodysko looked at how the far right-- think fascism-- is changing the GOP. He...
Howie KleinDec 4, 202110 minThe Capitalistic System And Democracy Are Incompatible... Even AntitheticalBanksy created this disturbingly provocative image and I got it from Umair Haque's latest piece about how the capitalistic system is...
Howie KleinNov 23, 20215 minThe World Has Become More Authoritarian Over The Last YearThe Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) released its 2021 Global State of Democracy...
Howie KleinNov 12, 20212 minWisconsin Voters Deserve A Real Contrast: Tom Nelson Vs Ron JohnsonOn Wednesday, Trumpist-nihilist senator Ron Johnson told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that "There’s no mention of the governor in the...
Howie KleinOct 26, 20217 minBye-Bye? Miss American Pie?In 1787 delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philly were exiting Independence Hall, when a group of citizens asked Benjamin...
Howie KleinOct 11, 20215 minSome Voters Don't Like The Whole Idea Of Societal Collapse; Other DoYou may have noticed that lately we've been posting quite a few pieces on societal collapse and national disintegration-- like here and...
Howie KleinSep 12, 20215 minThe Republican Party Has Given Up On DemocracyIn a new poll released early this morning by CNN, the Democratic lead in the congressional midterm elections is far too small (45-44%)...
Howie KleinAug 17, 20215 minCan Manchin & Sinema Destroy America's Democracy? This Is What Comes Of Voting For The Lesser EvilNo one wants to hear this-- except Republicans-- but Amherst political science professor Austin Sarat came out and said it out loud in...
Howie KleinAug 12, 20218 minTrump Isn't Finished Trying To Destroy American Democracy-- And He Has A Whole Party Backing Him UpWriting for the New Republic today, Señor Trumpanzee's neice, Mary Trump, bashed the fat orange criminal but good: Donald's Plot Against...
Howie KleinJul 26, 20213 minDemocrats Are Fighting To Hold Onto Democracy-- Where's Joe Biden?Reminder: Biden Is Jim Clyburn's Fault Last last week, Pew released some very ominous data about the state of American democracy....
Howie KleinMay 22, 20215 minRepublican Party vs Democracy-- Voter InitiativesYou know what makes Republicans look really bad? Sure, sure, everything they do, but one thing that makes them look really bad even to...