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Chapter 6: Alt Right Woke Hysteria

An excerpt from the book Trump Again? How Could America Let This Happen? (2024) by Sean Dempsey As illustrated in the previous chapters, Wokeism is often hard to properly describe or objectively criticize because of its over-reaching (and ever-changing) definition(s). “Woke” has to carry a lot of water for the Left because it has become […]

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Chapter 3: Faith

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 […]

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The Shadow of Escalation: Origins of the Iran Conflict

Curated by Sean Dempsey (from other thought leaders) Since the CIA, State Department, and other U.S. intelligence agencies have confirmed countless times that Iran was not engaged in a nuclear weapons program, there are several competing theories for why the United States and Israel ultimately moved toward direct (unprovoked) war with Iran in 2025 despite […]

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J’Accuse!

J’Accuse this inept and corrupt administration! J’Accuse it not in defense of a foreign regime, nor in blind loyalty to any rival power, but in defense of TRUTH itself, which is forever the first casualty of dogged empire. J’Accuse those who would drape every reckless adventure abroad in the crimson flag of patriotism, as though […]

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The GOP’s Macho Tantrum: Tough Talk is Cheap and Juvenile…Where are Results?

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 […]

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The Innocents Among Us: An Analysis of the Human Spirit from Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot” to “Ted Lasso”

By Sean Dempsey, 03/23/25 “The main idea of the novel is to depict the positively good man. There is nothing more difficult than this in the world, especially nowadays… the task is immeasurable…” – Fyodor Dostoevsky In the intricate interplay of characters and their societal backdrops, the portrayal of characters imbued with an almost divine […]

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The Myth of Constitutional America: How a Nation Betrayed Its Own Founding Document

To Those Just Now Waking Up—Where Have You Been? By Sean Dempsey, 3/20/25 Oh, so now you see it? Now, after decades of rampant government abuse, after endless wars, after a surveillance state that tracks your every move, after a Federal Reserve that devalues your savings into dust—now you’re realizing that the U.S. government doesn’t follow the Constitution? […]