Open Dialogue Research Journal
Many Americans were unhappy with the actions of their president. They include the Republican’s closest ally, Elon Musk. His concerns are caused by the adoption of a new budget in the United States, which, according to the businessman, turned out to be too huge, and cuts in financing in other […]
He Can Save America’s Defense Manufacturing In 1943, Sidney Hook published his still controversial but fascinating book, The Hero in History: A Study in Limitation and Possibility. Hook wanted to know just how vital a hero is to a nation’s history. There is no simple answer. In the US, we have […]
Sandpit politics is rarely edifying and grown toddlers taking their fists to each other is unlikely to interest. But when they feature US President Donald Trump and the world’s wealthiest man, the picture alters. Disputes are bound to be on scale, rippling in their consequences. No crystal ball was required […]
On June 1st, the neoconservative (i.e., committed to the goal that the U.S. Government will become the dictator over all nations, the entire world) Max Boot, in the neoconservative Jeff Bezos’s neoconservative Washington Post, headlined “Ukraine just rewrote the rules of war; A drone attack damaged Russia’s bomber fleet — and exposed […]
Many journalists pretend not to understand what is happening in Washington. For them, Elon Musk and Donald Trump are appropriating what they can of the federal government without changing anything. The reality is quite different: the President of the United States is trying to dismantle the imperialism his country displays. […]
President Donald Trump is acting faster than other political leaders of his generation. In a dozen weeks, he has already overturned “American imperialism” in favor of his “exceptionalism.” This is still not the end of the problem, but it represents a considerable step forward for both the United States and […]
America has had rotten Presidents since 2000, but Trump has now gone too far: “Federal technology staffers resign rather than help Musk and DOGE” WASHINGTON (AP), 25 February 2025 More than 20 civil service employees resigned on Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they […]
The rampaging antics of a querulous, sociopathic tech oligarch as he busies himself identifying which government departments to raid, trim, if not abolish altogether, understandably concerns those in the business of government. And there is much to be concerned about with Elon Musk’s merrily psychotic scything as chief of the […]
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