An Excerpt from Dempsey’s Book “Trump Again!? How Could America Let This Happen?” Third Rails: Religion & Politics It is not lost on this writer that faith-based discussions often land on “deaf ears” (or perhaps to keep the analogy I will say “blind eyes”). There is a reason why wise folks attest that in polite […]
Why almost everyone (i.e. the uninformed, politically-ignorant masses) should stay home this November! Wearing an “I Voted” sticker on Election Day announces that you are a proud participant in the grand tradition of representative democracy, the worst system except all the others. It says “I care,” “I’m informed,” and perhaps also “this shirt is machine […]
By Sean Dempsey February 12, 2026 Today’s Republican Party often resembles an 11-year-old boy’s action-figure fantasy. Many in the GOP base, predominantly angry men, are acting out a macho daydream: blustering about “toughness” toward enemies foreign and domestic. They thump their chests about cracking down on Iran, putting the boot on the head of illegal […]
