Posts by Kingdaddy

Kingdaddy
About Kingdaddy
Kingdaddy returned to blogging after a long hiatus. He currently lives in Colorado, where he is still awestruck at all the natural beauty here. He has a Ph.D in political science, but nobody’s perfect.

It’s Like 1939, But Better In Some Ways, And Also Worse

The military threat is smaller, but the political one is bigger.

Joe, You Are A Stubborn Old Man

I guess you proved your point about great powers picking and choosing their battlefields.

Senator Joe Manchin Is A Stupid Ape

We’re all apes. And some are willfully stupid about their public duties.

Smart Designers Create Imperfect Rules

Even the smartest designers can’t anticipate all the flaws with the rules they write.

List Of School Shootings In The United States By Death Toll

Our current forms of collective action on guns have failed us.

POTUS Should Be Just A Job

The distance in accountability between the highest and the lowest must be shortened.

The Pendulum Is Broken, Not Swinging

Historical precedents fall apart when we’re in a truly unprecedented time.

Dignity And Efficiency On Inauguration Day

Yesterday showed that Biden understands the “dignified” part of politics.

American Grief And Denial

The Terrorist In The Mirror

There’s a word for people who use outrageous violence to terrorize.

The end of the line

We’ve shouldn’t be surprised we’ve arrived at this destination.

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The Faceless Pandemic

It’s easy to mismanage what we don’t have to see.

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The Scouring Of The Shire

Saruman’s rigid arrogance ultimately made him pathetic. Sound familiar?

The Fascism Is Here To Stay

While the authoritarian threat recedes, the fascist threat remains.

The High Cost Of Authoritarianism

We spend so much time fighting over who should be in power that we don’t get anything important done.

Will This Be The End Of False Equivalency?

The press’ abandonment of Bothsiderism is decades overdue.

The Line That Divides

Either democracy is sacred, or it’s not.

The Great Disappointment

In Case You Didn’t Notice, COVID Is A National Security Threat

The lawyers can’t clean up the mess left by the President’s sudden incapacity.

More On Expanding The Supreme Court

It’s time to accept the desecration of our political constitution.

We Dismiss Potential Religious Allies At Our Peril

Ignoring religious diversity makes polarization much worse.

This Guy Is Not An Academic

Sorry, UC Irvine, as long as Navarro is on the faculty, no donations from this graduate.

Let’s Drop The “Proto” Already

American fascism is on parade, right now.

The Abyss Stares Back

The Republican Party is now the mirror image of the totalitarian propagandists it used to hate.