"Who, after all, runs America? No one runs it altogether, but in so far as any group does, the power elite." C. Wright Mills (1959). The Sociological Imagination, Oxford University Press. p. 31. Mills' The Power Elite thesis (1956) has sustain the...
Sarah Longwell and George Conway debrief the presidential debate, applaud Alberto Gonzales's Harris endorsement, and talk trial timelines in DC and New York. The splinter of the most confused will stick with Trump, but among the one-fourth...
Jennifer Ford, the historical society’s executive director, said Butler has seen flashes of political tension before, especially considering the community’s proximity to heavily unionized Pittsburgh. But Ford said she can’t recall another time that was "as outright...
Think, as a City, how Brisbane appears from the other side of the world. Featured Image (1): Screenshot 2024-09-03 City Watch. https://www.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/29477-time-to-take-the-narrative-back-and-stop-our-city-from-becoming-the-laughingstock-of-america...
The following are sociological and historical analysis from Dr Buch, a progressive scholar. For critical attention to these progressive statements during the DNC, go to the PBS Fact-Checking websites. The Best of Politics, Globally, Not Just from...
I am a controversial professional scholar who does not "bets on Substack," but has been an extensive user of social media, for several decades, for my post-university scholarship work. I do not have "right-wing links to sustain scholarship after exiting formal"...
There are confused thinking on politics today in the United States and Australia. Recently, a critic wrote as an attack on my Australian sharing, of an American interview, of a noted American historian on Trumpism. This social media person wrote:...
Jessica Gavora, in The Atlantic (July 25, 2024, 7:31 AM ET) wrote: I thought of Dad last week, when the Republican vice-presidential nominee, J. D. Vance, said something that profoundly misjudged and disrespected his memory. “America is not...
Recently, June 2024, I participated in an online workshop on Conservative Public History international forum. It revealed that, what we are experiencing in Australia, is the same across the planet: “Across the world right-wing popular political movements are...