A Nightmare in November
Here is the real danger for 2016. We are at a tipping point. It is very likely that few Americans understand the calamitous potential...
ALEC and the Corporate Takeover of America
Our government at local, state and national levels is being confiscated by huge corporations. It is happening every day in state legislatures all over...
It Is Time for a Change.
It is time for a change. It is time for the average American to get in the face of other average Americans, get on...
American Propagandists in a New Age of Propaganda
Propaganda is basically a lie with a purpose. It is a lie, or as some say, “the Big Lie,” the constant repetition of a...
The Republicans and Growing Neo-Fascism in America
Many people think of Fascism and they think of Nazis and the Gestapo and concentration camps. That concept, while accurate as far as it...
Social Security Revisited.
On May 28, 2009, in this space, we published a well-researched article entitled, “Who Stole Your Social Security and Why?” The idea was to...
How Paul Ryan Plans to Take Away Your Health Care
Paul Ryan and the Republican/Fascist leaders in Congress want to repeal Obamacare and leave you with the same kind of health care you had...
Face it, Folks. We Now Live in a Neo-Fascist Society.
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Joseph O'ShaughnessyThe attacks on the people will begin to increase now. The hugely wealthy backers of the Republican Party got what they wanted….more...
The Next Two Years
The November 2014 elections were pretty clear. In some states Senators or Governors won by as many as 70% of the vote. Of course,...
The Imported Americans–Part II, From Reagan to Obama
The movement towards civil rights and a color-blind society ended when Ronald Reagan took office in 1981. After only 15 years, the affirmative actions...
The foundations of American Neo-Fascism
Hitler, above all, was a racist. He thought that interbreeding between different races was wrong, but not merely wrong—disastrously wrong. He thought that Darwin’s...
How Conservatism Becomes Fascism
In 1946, in one of the great cosmopolitan cities of Europe, ancient and yet contemporary, with a tradition of culture, music, popular culture and...
Now Do You See What We Mean by Republican Neo-Fascists?
by Joseph O'ShaughnessyIf you're going to be a good Fascist, here's what you do.Divide and Conquer. Find a scapegoat, preferably one with some disadvantage,...
Health Care Disaster Is Just the End of a Long, Long...
The Republican Senate, House, President Trump (sounds so ridiculous!) and the Billionaires have written you out of health care. And they will do more...cut...
Dick Cheney and the Rise of Neo-Fascism
We are going through the worst period in American life since 1946. By the end of World War II, we had lost over half...