Warnings From History

By Alan Sexton

Compelled by current events, I present for your objective consideration the following. Make of these observations and warnings from history whatever you will, folks: Continue reading

Barack’s Divided America

Barack ObamaBy Alan Sexton

Yesterday, while getting caught up with my friends in the blogosphere, I learned through one of my friends, Kasey, and with great alarm of the official Obama campaign affiliate African-Americans for Obama.

The very existence of this effort reconfirms several stark Continue reading

Are Conservatives Ignorant?

the thinkerBy Alan Sexton, Green Mountain Scribes

“Bright Minds and Dark Attitudes: Lower Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice Through Right-Wing Ideology and Low Intergroup Contact”, a product of Doctor Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario is causing quite a stir lately. But, should it? Yes:

Many from the sociopolitical left are now employing Hodson’s curious opinions as if these are some perfect Continue reading