Author: David Michael Green

Stories by David Michael Green

David Michael Green is a professor of political science at Hofstra University. He is delighted to receive readers' reactions to his articles (dmg@regressiveantidote.net), but regrets that time constraints do not always allow him to respond. More of his work can be found at www.regressiveantidote.net.

Michael Jackson's Funeral is American Culture's Latest Hollow Spectacle

Michael Jackson personified the lack of seriousness that has become to this culture what water is to fish.
Posted on Jul 15, 2009

Republicans' Alternative 'Stimulus' Plan in 11 Hilarious Steps

Deifying Ronald Reagan, practicing voodoo economics ... who says Republicans don't have a fiscal plan?
Posted on Apr 3, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The GOP Implosion: Will the Republican Party Survive?

Imagine a sea of 300 million drowning shipmates and their captain won't throw them a rope, but instead insists they swim harder and faster.
Posted on Mar 3, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The Bushies Stole Us Blind ... So, How'd You Like Your Beer?

The eight years of national suicide known as the Bush administration is at last coming to an end.
Posted on Jan 19, 2009, Source: AlterNet

The Superstitious Right Fights Good Science on Global Warming

In a society devoted like no other to the politics of fear, we have somehow managed to forget the one thing we should probably fear most.
Posted on Jul 7, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Would President Obama be More Clintonian than Rooseveltian?

Obama remains enigmatic, and progressives are wondering how he would govern as president.
Posted on Jun 27, 2008, Source: AlterNet

How Lethally Stupid Can One Country Be?

Presidents and prime ministers will lie their countries into war -- but why do We the People keep buying it?
Posted on Mar 28, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Could Hillary Bequeath Us Our Long-Awaited Third Party?

A twist of fate?
Posted on Mar 7, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Let's Pay Tribute to the Spectacular Wrongness of William F. Buckley

The man himself put it best: "Some of my instincts are reprehensible."
Posted on Mar 5, 2008, Source: AlterNet

America Loves Peace? Odd, Since We're Always at War

We've been in conflict for about half the period between World War II and the present but consider ourselves a "peace-loving" nation.
Posted on Feb 28, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Is a Liberal Renaissance in the Making?

This election should bring some optimism after years of right-wing dominance.
Posted on Feb 17, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Democrats: 'Particide' In Six Easy Steps

Democrats are working overtime to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Posted on Feb 9, 2008, Source: AlterNet

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the War

Thank God for the Bill Kristol and the liberal New York Times.
Posted on Jan 27, 2008, Source: AlterNet

So, You Want to Be My President, Huh?

Answer Me This!
Posted on Jan 18, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Missing In Inaction: Why An Opposition Party Matters

Note to America: a single-party system doesn't make for a good democracy.
Posted on Jan 4, 2008, Source: AlterNet

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