Author: Jstevenmedia
The Emperor Has No Clothes
The biggest divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, it’s between…More
The Politics of Privatization
The belief government has little to no role in helping the country meet its…More
The Myths of an Epidemic
The national crisis of gratuitous massacres in our culture and their underlying causes are routinely…More
Our Fathers Republican Party
If your vision for America is privatizing the commons, corporate welfare and perpetual war,…More
Dereliction of Duty
Donald Trump is not the cause of deterioration in our politics, he is the…More
Murder for Profit
There is a cultural disconnect in our society that is fueling the gun violence…More
The Curse of Frankenstein
Donald Trump is a symptom of a festering cultural illness that represents problems far…More
A Well-Done Nothing Burger
To date seventeen intelligence agencies have concluded that amid a campaign of Russian cyberattacks,…More
God, Country and Conservatives
Religious fundamentalism has been part of the American fabric since the nation’s founding. However,…More
Emotional Contagion
Studies indicate there are distinct psychological differences between conservative and liberal biology. Although other factors…More
A Spectacle of Stupidity
For eight years, all republicans ever talked about or voted on was repeal and…More
The First 2400 hours
As it turns out, the plan to make America great again is teeming with conflicts…More
The Privilege of Profits
Many conservatives have judged the recent United Airlines debacle as a simple matter of non-compliance…More
Repeal, Replace, Repair
The republican party had seven-years to prepare a viable alternative to replace Obamacare. The result…More
Budgets, Taxation & Values
While republicans cling to the dubious notion of protecting tax cuts for wealthy corporations, progressives…More
Russians, Mobsters, Hackers and Spies
Here’s what Americans have come to know amidst the sustained campaign of Russian cyberattacks, propaganda…More
Unfettered Capitalism
It’s certainly no secret that when left to its own devices capitalism does some things…More
America, inc.
The history of America is the story of a gullible people duped into voting against…More
The Tragedy of Conservatives
The Grand Old Party is a drama complete with all the intrigue, calculation, greed…More
Funeral for Democracy
Although this election represents a victory for Trump and social conservatives it also epitomizes the…More
The Case for Hillary
Hillary Clinton represents one of the most complex and resilient figures in U.S. politics despite…More
Uninformed Assigination
The founders recognized that ignorance and despotism are made for each other. They understood that an…More
Political Psychosis
Through a virtually imperceptible campaign of misinformation and fear, Americans have been sold a bill-of-goods…More
The Chaos Candidate
Beyond the obvious trepidations of an autocratic, race baiting presidential candidate with dubious business practices and…More
The Myth of American Exceptionalism
The myth of American exceptionalism was created at the crossroads of exploitation and slavery. The early…More
An unhinged candidate in a Red Hat
Republicans have not won a presidential election by popular vote in more than…More
The Price of Profits
Not surprisingly, there has been a lot of doomsday prophecies regarding Connecticut’s taxpayers…More
The State Ambassadors of Doom
A percentage of the Connecticut electorate has managed to convinced themselves the states tax rate,…More
The Mythology of Limited Government
Many self-proclaimed constitutionalists today are peddling the daft notion of a limited government shepherded by…More
The Art of the Donald
Donald Trump is by all accounts one of the greatest self-marketing geniuses of our time. A…More
Capitalism v. Democracy
In their endless pursuit of wealth and profit the corporate and moneyed interests have…More
Common Ground
The impending 2016 election is proving to be unprecedented with non-establishment candidates from both political…More
R.I.P. G.O.P.
We have been fortunate to have a front row seat to one of the…More
Crossroads
There was a time when we were a nation informed and led by men…More
Radical Trumpublicans
The misguided admiration for a reality-television bully who was born on third-base and acts…More
Culture of Fear
When Conservatives assess the recent events in Baltimore, Ferguson, Cleveland and elsewhere across the…More
Mockery of Democracy
Over the last thirty-five years the corporate elite and their obliged politicians have sold…More
The Culture of Conservative Contradiction
I find it difficult to take many conservatives seriously that are offended by what is…More
Fractured Reasoning
Todays version of conservatism is simply another example of social Darwinism from a constituency…More
Intellectual Cowardliness
Instead of standing behind their successes and wearing their moderation and progressive beliefs as a…More
A Drift Toward Oligarchy
America has created unprecedented wealth and productivity, we have also created the illusion that an…More
Poverty Consciousness
When conservatives discuss welfare entitlements and poverty the conversation tends to be a rigid…More
Cynical Malfeasance
The spectacle of Conservative indignation towards President Obama over atrocities like the Middle East…More
The Myth of American Exceptionalism
What motivates individuals to protest children crossing the border, join an organized militia or embrace…More
A dysfunctional marriage of conservative christians and the GOP
There was a time when conservatives embraced moderate intellectuals and exercised arguments founded on pragmatic…More
Healthcare and the conservative agenda
Ever wonder what the rationale behind opposition to the Affordable Care Act is really about?…More
Broken Soul
If your vision for America is corporate welfare, wealthy subsidies, shaming the poor, a virtual…More
Obamacare 2014
“If you like your plan you can keep it” The truth is a little…More