Contributions by:
Claire Snyder-Hall
“For centuries there have been powerful voices to condemn homosexual conduct as immoral, but this Court’s obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate its own moral code.” Supreme Court, Lawrence v. Texas (2003) “Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither…
Read Full Article... about The Federal Marriage Amendment And The Attack On American DemocracyWhy has support for progressive politics seemingly collapsed? While there are clearly many reasons, this essay focuses on the role commercial culture plays in the production of anti-progressive, anti-republican values. Using the “Real Housewives” franchise as an example, I argue that trash television shows undermine the possibility of collective action and government for the common…
Read Full Article... about “Real Housewives” and the Decline of Civic VirtueWhen Barack Obama was elected President in 2008, at the start of the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, like many people I was elated. At the time it seemed that the Republican Party, with its aggrandizement of economic elites and undisguised deployment of arbitrary power, had been completely discredited. In light of the…
Read Full Article... about The King of the 1% v. The American Republic