The Psy of Life

Reading time: 5 minutes It's been 165 years since the start of the Civil War, and the South is still pushing for its same goals: white supremacy, misogyny, evangelicalism, oligarchy, and authoritarianism. They've exchanged battle fields for courts and rifles for lawyers.

Reading time: 5 minutes Trump lies like the little boy who cried wolf, but his credibility isn't damaged with MAGA. The secret ingredient is illusory explanation -- it stops credulous from thinking any more about it. The reflecting pool debacle is the perfect illustration of how it works.

Reading time: 5 minutes Musk being a trillionaire is a symptom of the wide open wealth pump shifting middle class wealth upward. Since FDR, we've known what a widening wealth gap does & how to fix it. Republicans are fighting us the whole way.

Reading time: 4 minutes When life brings the perfect storm, you blog about it. This week four psychology studies were reported upon that supported some aspect of the liberal political perspective. Together they suggest conservatives are fighting human nature.

Reading time: 2 minutes By selecting Ken Paxton to be their Senate candidates, Texas Republicans are signaling their preference for corruption and authoritarianism. Whether they stayed home or actually voted for him, Texas Republicans think that Paxton is their man.

Reading time: 5 minutes The YOLO Caucus has nothing to fear from Trump so why'd they vote for the reconciliation bill? There's a lot of anti-Trump Republicans, so why are they still in the party? Why not start a new party? Oh, it's the grift...

Reading time: 5 minutes Trump has frequently said that we shouldn't worry about his war crimes in Iran because it will all work out. Work out for who? The status quo bias of the conservatives in the country is destroying the foundations of our country.

Reading time: 5 minutes From the quagmire of Trump's excursion into war crimes in Iran to the desperation of trying to elect Graham Platner in Maine, the US finds itself in dire straights. There is only one common element to this mess, Donald Trump.

Reading time: 5 minutes How do you make the inexplicable explicable? You apply recent psychological findings. Even the one third of the electorate who still supports Trump can be explained with this one weird trick. And you won't believe what the fourth one is.

Reading time: 4 minutes Democrats should fight like Republicans, but they shouldn't lie, cheat, or steal. They should simplify their message and repeat it at every opportunity. They should connect the misery we're all feeling to specific office holders and policies they supported.

Reading time: 6 minutes I'm sure everyone has had this experience: you commit a faux pas so bad you can never show your face to that group of people again. It happens to autistic people pretty often. Here's what helps.

Reading time: 4 minutes John Roberts has fulfilled his lifelong mission to gut the Voting Rights Act and return us to the Jim Crow era. Here we trace the lineage of Roberts' racist beliefs and acts and link it all to the Confederacy.

Reading time: 3 minutes Everything Trump says is a lie and everything he does has an ulterior self-serving motive. BORING! What's more interesting is the evidence of UAPs or UFOs itself. What do you think? Are aliens visiting us?

Reading time: 3 minutes We hear all the time about higher gas prices, and it makes everyone mad as hell. We are held captive by our cars and by the oil companies. Inelastic demand means we gotta keep buying gas, but what about public transportation?

Reading time: 6 minutes In 2026, the Democrats gonna need to bring everyone. Their core base. Swing voters. And the Trump 15 million. Question is how do Democrats appeal to those 15 million voters? How did Trrump do it? Self-Determination Theory gives us some insights.

Reading Time: 6 minutes Scholars can debate what Trump's worst crimes were, but to me, it will always be destroying our belief in democracy and our hope for the future. We need politicians and political parties that have the political courage and vision to restore our democracy.

Reading time: 5 minutes For autistic folks catching the subtle meanings in communication is a constant struggle. It is nearly impossible to do and it is exhausting. Yet, the burden is on the neurodivergent to adapt, not the neuroconvergent.