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Sweeping government reform hits the state of Arkansas!

John Fea   |  January 12, 2023

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The fight for Speaker of the House continues

John Fea   |  January 4, 2023

Six ballots and still no Speaker of the House. The House is on break until 8:00pm. The hard-right, anti-McCarthy wing has stayed unified today. CNN is reporting that McCarthy is now meeting with some members of the hard-right group in...

What happens to the students of leftists who couldn’t find jobs in academia?

John Fea   |  December 22, 2022

I’ve read a lot of Russell Jacoby over the years. I imagine his recent piece at Tablet is going to anger a lot of people. I also don’t think he cares. Whatever the case, his ideas are worth considering. Here...

Does Krysten Sinema want another term in the U.S. Senate?

John Fea   |  December 9, 2022

Krysten Sinema left the Democratic Party today. She registered as an Independent. Watch: I applaud Sinema’s independence. But from a political perspective, this looks likes suicide. If she runs again in 2024 as an Independent, the non-GOP vote (we can...

The Author’s Corner with Claire Arcenas

Rachel Petroziello   |  August 1, 2022

Claire Arcenas is Associate Professor of History at the University of Montana. This interview is based on her new book, America’s Philosopher: John Locke in American Intellectual Life (University of Chicago Press, 2022). JF: What led you to write America’s...

Watch Ted Cruz spin

John Fea   |  May 31, 2022

Watch: Cruz seems to be on the ropes here, but then the reporter mentions “American exceptionalism.” Ah! There it is! Cruz pounces. You can almost see the light bulb (or perhaps the trigger) go off in his head. He now...

The Author’s Corner with J. Matthew Gallman

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 11, 2021

J. Matthew Gallman is Professor of History at the University of Florida. This interview is based on his new book, The Cacophony of Politics: Northern Democrats and the American Civil War (University of Virginia Press, 2021). JF: What led you...

“Democrats are misreading the room to an astonishing degree”

John Fea   |  November 5, 2021

Here is a New York Times reader from Georgia responding to this New York Times op-ed: Democrats are misreading the room to an astonishing degree. Let this sink in: my Mexican yard man likes Trump. Although immigration laws should be...

The Author’s Corner with Eric Smith

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 27, 2021

Eric Smith is Senior Pastor of Sharon Baptist Church and Adjunct Professor of Historical Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. This interview is based on his new book, John Leland: A Jeffersonian Baptist in Early America (Oxford University Press,...

“The median voter is a 50-something white person who didn’t go to college and lives in an unfashionable suburb”

John Fea   |  September 22, 2021

Matthew Yglesias offers some advice to the Democrats: Back in 1992, James Carville supposedly hung a sign in Clinton campaign headquarters that said, “it’s the economy, stupid.” By the same token, Democrats today could improve their performance enormously if every staffer’s computer...

Andrew Yang is starting a third political party

John Fea   |  September 10, 2021

After losing his bid for the 2020 Democratic nominee for president and dropping out of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, businessman Andrew Yang is starting a new political party. Here is Alex Thompson at Politico: Yang is expected...

Biden botches the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Christian Right pounces.

John Fea   |  August 17, 2021

The Christian Right response to the Afghanistan situation should remind us that it is primarily a political movement. Charlie Kirk, the founder of Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center, knows what is really going on here. It’s all about Biden...

Andrew Cuomo vs. the Albany Times Union

John Fea   |  August 7, 2021

As a journalism buff (I had a subscription to the Columbia Journalism Review in high school), I really enjoyed Azi Paybarah’s piece at The New York Times. Here is a taste of “‘Ugh’: Life at Andrew Cuomo’s Hometown Newspaper”: Casey...

Who is Michael Lind?

John Fea   |  June 14, 2021

Over at New York Magazine, Eric Levitz reviews the work of public intellectual Michael Lind. The piece is much more nuanced than its title. Here is a taste of “The Delusions of the Radical Centrist”: …Michael Lind, has long been...

Words with no meaning

John Fea   |  June 3, 2021

“Cancel culture.” “Wokness.” “Critical Race Theory.” “Socialism.” We are debating these issues and we have no idea what they mean. Here is a taste of Hamilton Nolan at In These Times: To attempt to have any kind of good faith...

The GOP’s “lost generation”

John Fea   |  June 2, 2021

Rational Republicans are leaving politics in droves. Here is Politico: As Donald Trump ponders another presidential bid, top Republicans have grown fearful about what they’re calling the party’s “lost generation.” In conversations with more than 20 lawmakers, ex-lawmakers, top advisers...

100 prominent political scientists: American democracy is in danger

John Fea   |  June 2, 2021

New America, a Washington D.C. think tank, gathered 100 political scientists to sign this statement of concern: June 1, 2021 We, the undersigned, are scholars of democracy who have watched the recent deterioration of U.S. elections and liberal democracy with...

Biden approval rating at 59%

John Fea   |  April 16, 2021

According to Pew Research. 93% of Democrats approve of the way Biden is handling his job as president. 18% of Republicans approve. Biden’s approval rate is soaring among African Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans, educated people. 72% of Americans, including a majority...

Ted Cruz’s war chest and the idolatry of evangelical GOP politics

John Fea   |  April 14, 2021

Ted Cruz tried to overturn the 2020 Electoral Votes. He took a trip to Cancun while his constituents suffered through an ice storm. He told a conservative audience that he would shoot any rioters who came to his Houston neighborhood....

Biden Republicans

John Fea   |  April 13, 2021

Are they similar to Reagan Democrats? Here is Will Weissert at the Associated Press: RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jay Copan doesn’t hide his disregard for the modern Republican Party. A solid Republican voter for the past four decades, the 69-year-old...

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