America Needs The Presidential Propaganda Prohibition Act Synopsis: Repetitive, objectively false presidential declarations are a form of propaganda utilized globally by authoritarian regimes. Donald Trump has demonstrated that this form of propaganda is effective in America. As America’s systems of checks and balances have failed to mitigate this form of…

“When people in a society lose faith or trust in their institutions and in each other, the nation collapses…” David Brooks writes in America Is Having a Moral Convulsion. Distrust is rampant in America: 35% of Americans trust scientists 20% trust Congress 37% trust each other. Expanding the House of…

Erase “His” Name From Our Consciousness: Substitute “#HeWhoMustNotBeNamed” for “@realDonaldTrump” and “Donald Trump” Our supersaturation of political news is primarily a result of Donald Trump’s psychopathology. The predicate for his existence is public adulation or at least public acknowledgment. …

A Physician’s Obligation to Discuss the Political Ramifications of Science with Patients — I walked into my exam room to see a patient I first met two decades ago. When we first met his medical problems included type 1 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and a substance abuse disorder. Over the years our healthcare system has served him well as he has…

Lock Him Up or Not Yasha Mounk published a pair of essays on persuasion.community.com debating whether ex-President Donald Trump should be prosecuted for crimes he committed in his capacity as President or as a private citizen. While the two essayists, Michael Walzer and Norm Ornstein agree that there is a…

America is incapable of implementing a national policy to address the coronavirus pandemic. …

Hostage the U.S. Economy to End Racism in America Donald Trump has lit America on fire. He has proudly aligned himself with white nationalists while failing to fulfill his sworn constitutional obligation to mitigate the harm that COVID-19 has wreaked on America’s health and her economy. Today, on Twitter, he…

COVID-19 NOW The number of patient who have contracted COVID-19 and seek care at a New York City’s hospital has exceeded the capacity of the healthcare system in some communities and will shortly exceed the capacity of the healthcare system in many hospitals in NYC and across the US. …

Joe Biden will likely be the Democrat Party’s Presidential nominee. His success in dethroning Mr. Trump will largely depend on the Democrat Party’s ability to ensure that a substantial fraction of the various anti-Trump constituencies cast a ballot on November 3rd. In this regard, there is reason for concern as…