Josh BermanThe Big Lie: Societal KryptoniteIn 1925, a young Adolf Hitler penned Mein Kampf from a jail cell, a meandering yet ultimately effective political diatribe that included…Jan 17, 20192Jan 17, 20192
Josh BermanWhen Democracy Is No Longer ConvenientThe Republican party of Fuck-You-Politics has tethered itself to an ideological underpinning shared by an increasing minority of American…Dec 14, 2018Dec 14, 2018
Josh BermanAmerican Exceptionalism: Co-Opted by Fossil Fuel Giants, Perverted by the Right, Destroyer of…Black Friday does not technically qualify as a national holiday, but it ought to. Schools are not in session. Most corporate offices take…Nov 30, 2018Nov 30, 2018
Josh BermanAMAZON’S HQ2 MOVE IS A MICROCOSM OF OUR NATIONAL PLAGUEThere has been quite a lot to pay attention to and read in the two weeks since the midterms passed. The President installed in potentially…Nov 17, 2018Nov 17, 2018
Josh BermanFear & Hatred for Corporate Windfall & JudgesDespite the presence of occasional outliers, today’s Republican coalition essentially consists of two components. Group A is what pundits…Nov 2, 20181Nov 2, 20181
Josh BermanWords Matter.On October 5th, as the country was visibly tearing itself apart at the seams on the Capitol steps in the midst of the Kavanaugh…Oct 26, 2018Oct 26, 2018
Josh BermanPathological Narcissism as Foreign Policy, or, All of My Friends Are DictatorsLast week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo published an essay on foreignaffairs.com that was chiefly focused on our nation’s stance toward…Oct 19, 2018Oct 19, 2018
Josh BermanUSA Today, Or How We Legitimize the DeplorableYou might not know it, but USA Today is the most widely distributed physical newspaper in the entire country. That may have largely to do…Oct 12, 2018Oct 12, 2018
Josh BermanBrett Kavanaugh, F*ck You Politics, and the Collapse of The American IdealOn Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018, something sublime happened. The President of the United States, a man imbued by the office with enormous…Oct 5, 2018Oct 5, 2018