Part Four: The Theory of Hegemonic Stability and Regime Change. The theory of hegemonic stability and regime change is associated with...

Biden’s Afghanistan Decision. For many years I did not believe that I would live to see another American conflict that would last as...

Part Three: The Rise and Relative Decline of the United States (US) as the Second Global Hegemonic Power. The post-1945 era ushered in...

Part Two: The Rise and Decline of Great Britain as the First Global Hegemonic Power. We now begin our study of the historical...

Part One: Understanding the Rise of the Modern State. The modern state, as we know it today, arose in Europe. In part one of my larger...

Understanding Anti-intellectualism, Facebook, Family, and Politics. In the summer of 1976, one of my professors recommended that I read...

Growing Resistance to DeSantis’ Failure to Deal with COVID 19. Florida, with a population that represents 6.5 percent of the United...

The Voting Rights Cycle for African Americans. Voting rights for African Americans can be viewed as a repeating cycle from...

The New Florida Voting and Election Laws. After the 2020 election, Governor Ron DeSantis and Republicans said the Florida election was “a...

Commentary. Governor DeSantis has promised that critical race theory will not be taught in the civics and American Government education...

Brief Commentary: The recently passed Transparency and Technology Act allows the state of Florida to restrict social media sites on how...

Commentary: DeSantis Continues to Limit Local Government Power in Florida. Governor DeSantis and the Republicans are moving to pass more...

The New “anti-riot” Law in Florida. Governor DeSantis and Republicans have passed HB1, the so-called “anti-riot” bill, representing...

Last year the city of St. Petersburg, Florida created a Community Assistance Liaison department as part of the local police department. ...

Part 4: The Legacy of Trump’s Populism. Clearly our democratic institutions and processes have suffered but they have survived Trump’s...

Many Americans have a romantic view of the filibuster based on the 1939 movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, but it is important to learn...

Part 3: Resistance to Trump’s Populism prior to the Presidential Election, the 2020 Election, the January Insurrection, and the...

Part Two: Populism under Trump and the Erosion of Democracy. This created the environment for the rise of the populism that threatens to...

Part One: Setting the Scene for the Rise of Trump’s Populism in 2016. The year 1981 separates two very different post WWII Americas....

See also my essay “Voting in America” dated August 20, 2020 for background material in this blog. The 2020 presidential election, which...