Politics and History Blog | Judah Ginsberg

The Fight Goes On

The 100th anniversary of women voting reminds Americans that some still want to limit the vote. Read the rest of this entry »

The Face of America

The Biden-Harris ticket speaks to the America of the future, while Trump-Pence looks to the past. Read the rest of this entry »

Our Murderous Tyrant

President Donald Trump is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans and our democracy. Read the rest of this entry »

Biden Goes Left — Sort of

Likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has moved to the left without antagonizing moderate elements in the Democratic Party. Read the rest of this entry »

Reckless Presidential Speech

President Donald Trump does not speak like other presidents. His reckless words often cause great harm. Read the rest of this entry »

A Bogus Historical Analogy

Many on the American political right profess of see a linkage between today’s progressives and Nazis. It is a fallacious and pernicious argument. Read the rest of this entry »

Nightmare in November

A possible scenario for an electoral disaster in November in which the electoral returns are not clear. Read the rest of this entry »

This Has a Name — Fascism

President Donald Trump has taken a page from the dictator’s playbook in deploying a national “police” force on the streets of an American city. Read the rest of this entry »

The Fourth American Republic

A theoretical framework for viewing American history as a progression of revolutions yielding substantive change. Read the rest of this entry »

How About a Mea Culpa?

Republicans who disdain President Donald Trump share some of the blame for his presidency. Read the rest of this entry »