D. N. MeinsterThe Two Most Important Questions for the 2024 ElectionIn the election seasons of old, two supposedly important questions were often posed to the average American voter to help them decide the…Jun 25Jun 25
D. N. MeinsterThe Despot’s Second ActIn 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, was defeated by a coalition of European forces and sent into exile on the island of Elba…Sep 7, 2023Sep 7, 2023
D. N. MeinsterAmerica’s Cultural Backsliding is Finally on Par with Its Democratic BackslidingA dangerous concoction is brewing within the United States that, should the next few steps in the recipe be followed, can and will lead to…Jun 27, 2023Jun 27, 2023
D. N. MeinsterThere Is No Defense For J. K. RowlingThe Dursleys are reactionary, prejudiced, narrow-minded, ignorant and bigoted; most of my least favourite things,” J. K. Rowling once wrote…Feb 17, 20233Feb 17, 20233
D. N. MeinsterThree Elections that Hinged on Roe v. WadeIn 2012, John Roberts famously joined the Supreme Court’s liberal justices in upholding Obamacare, fearful that throwing out the…Aug 2, 2022Aug 2, 2022
D. N. MeinsterDemocracy is at stake in the 2022 midterms. Why aren’t more Democrats saying it?A year ago, I wrote that Trump’s involvement in the 2022 midterms may be a boon to Democrats. But after being banned from Twitter…May 8, 20222May 8, 20222
D. N. MeinsterPoor Media Practices Enable Democracy’s DeclineAmerica has a journalism problem. Those in the press entrusted with First Amendment protections to report on the goings-on in Washington…Apr 28, 20221Apr 28, 20221
D. N. MeinsterThe Missed Opportunities to Save American Democracy in 2021As I’ve written about before, American democracy is currently in a decline that has the potential to lead to an authoritarian state or…Feb 3, 20221Feb 3, 20221
D. N. MeinsterWhy It’s So Easy to Undermine American DemocracyContrary to what some quick-fingered online commenters may have you believe, America is a democracy. What it is not is a pure democracy…Oct 27, 20211Oct 27, 20211
D. N. MeinsterAmerican Democracy Will Continue to Decline for the Foreseeable FutureIt took approximately 176 years for the United States of America to set into law the democratic values that had underlain its founding…Sep 28, 20212Sep 28, 20212
