Author Archives: Bob Felton

I pointed a few weeks ago toward a guest post at Bruce Gerencser’s blog that likens religious teachings to a form of gaslighting, a type of psychological abuse that undermines the target’s confidence in his or her’s judgment and apprehension … Continue reading →

JUST IN: Trump: “I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election… if I win" https://t.co/4z453rVzqK — CNN (@CNN) October 20, 2016 Naturally, one hopes this all tongue-in-cheek, but Trump is so conspicuously unstable that one … Continue reading →

Asked whether he would accept defeat, Trump answered at last night’s debate: “I’ll look at it at the time.” As regular readers know, I’ve grown increasingly to appreciate the writings of James Michener over the past couple of years; he … Continue reading →

One of the most influential men of his time, and an architect of the “American Century,” John Dewey was the man behind the curtain as the Progressive Era undid the predations of the Gilded Age and constructed the now-declining middle … Continue reading →