D. N. Meinster·Nov 5, 2025It’s Time to Take Allegations of 2024 Election Manipulation SeriouslyRegarding the 2026 midterm elections, there seems to be a general acknowledgement that the present occupant of the White House may try to…
D. N. Meinster·Jul 28, 2025The War in Gaza Wasn’t Genocide. It Is Now.During my brief fling with conservatism in the early 2000s, I watched a lot of Fox News. This was post-9/11, and I was cheering on…
D. N. Meinster·Jun 25, 2024The Two Most Important Questions for the 2024 ElectionIn the election seasons of old, two supposedly important questions were often posed to the average American voter to help them decide the…
D. N. Meinster·Sep 7, 2023The Despot’s Second ActIn 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, was defeated by a coalition of European forces and sent into exile on the island of Elba…
D. N. Meinster·Jun 27, 2023America’s Cultural Backsliding is Finally on Par with Its Democratic BackslidingA dangerous concoction is brewing within the United States that, should the next few steps in the recipe be followed, can and will lead to…
D. N. Meinster·Feb 17, 2023There Is No Defense For J. K. RowlingThe Dursleys are reactionary, prejudiced, narrow-minded, ignorant and bigoted; most of my least favourite things,” J. K. Rowling once wrote…A response icon3A response icon3
D. N. Meinster·Aug 2, 2022Three Elections that Hinged on Roe v. WadeIn 2012, John Roberts famously joined the Supreme Court’s liberal justices in upholding Obamacare, fearful that throwing out the…
D. N. Meinster·May 8, 2022Democracy is at stake in the 2022 midterms. Why aren’t more Democrats saying it?A year ago, I wrote that Trump’s involvement in the 2022 midterms may be a boon to Democrats. But after being banned from Twitter…A response icon2A response icon2
D. N. Meinster·Apr 28, 2022Poor Media Practices Enable Democracy’s DeclineAmerica has a journalism problem. Those in the press entrusted with First Amendment protections to report on the goings-on in Washington…A response icon1A response icon1
D. N. Meinster·Feb 3, 2022The Missed Opportunities to Save American Democracy in 2021As I’ve written about before, American democracy is currently in a decline that has the potential to lead to an authoritarian state or…A response icon1A response icon1
