Born Sven Olof Joachim Palme, but Olof was his common name. He’s the man in my profile picture, and he was a Swedish statesman in the middle of the 20th century. Before sadly being assassinated in 1986, Palme was prime minister of the country during the 70s and into the 80s. As with many socialContinue reading “Olof Palme”
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More queer thoughts
Riding on my previous post, I figured I might tie in policy this time to connect a lot of what I’ve written before about the welfare state and other social democratic policies and how they can be a force for change for queers. It took several decades of fighting (to say the least) since StonewallContinue reading “More queer thoughts”
American Rule
Just finished a new book released back in September called American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World But Failed Its People by Jared Sexton. Spent several weeks slowly listening to the audio version on my commutes to work, and I have to say that while I was skeptical of such overarching takes on USContinue reading “American Rule”
Article III
The recent death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg certainly set off a storm in every direction. I’m not here to lay all of the reactions as you can find them in any article or magazine at this point. What I will point out briefly that seems to keep flying under the radar is what the constitutionContinue reading “Article III”
Wither the Senate?
The Senate is an unrepresentative monstrosity. This discussion may not even be happening if the 17th Amendment were never a thing. Given that many nations either kept a unicameral (one chamber) system or abolished/neutered their upper chambers long ago, the amendment may have, if anything, breathed enough life into it to sustain itself into theContinue reading “Wither the Senate?”
Ideologue?
Am I radical? Am I partisan? It’s easy for me to say that I don’t quite think so, but I inevitably will be to some regardless of where I stand. I identify as a socialist because it’s where my ideas gravitate towards in terms of my policy preferences. And for readers who follow me, I’mContinue reading “Ideologue?”
Socialism: An American pastime
“It begins to look as American as apple pie!” – Cornel West Indeed, socialism’s roots dig much deeper into American history than people think, even well before Marx came along. From the start, Thomas Paine, one our lost founding fathers (arguably the best of all of them), espoused radical ideas contrary to traditional notions ofContinue reading “Socialism: An American pastime”
Trump, the non-fascist
The ongoing pandemic has probably provided one of the most vindicating rebuttals to the “Resistance”, the mainstream reaction against Trump, in that he would strip us of our democracy, or worse, finally send us into fascism. The global response to the novel coronavirus currently involves a suspension of civil liberties across many nations, including thoseContinue reading “Trump, the non-fascist”
The Market Socialist 