By Dr. Joseph Chuman It seems as if Donald Trump is digging his base deeper but no wider. The Democratic constituency, by contrast, has become increasingly diverse. Over 87 percent of Republicans are white, while minorities, racial and ethnic, are finding a home in the Democratic Party. Moreover, 56 percent of women identify as Democrats, […]
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From Nationalism to Tyranny, and How We Must Respond
It’s a very important book. It may be the most important book I have read within memory, though it is only 126 short pages and can be finished in less than 40 minutes. Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lesson From the Twentieth Century, draws a line between the rise of Fascism and Communist totalitarianism in […]
Finding Hope, Despite Our Despair After the Election
By Dr. Joseph Chuman, leader of the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County With the presidential election decided, I feel like I am in a science-fiction movie having just landed on a desolate, dark planet and bad things are going to happen. But I don’t know what they are. As a result, I am anxious, […]
Repairing Our Democratic Values
By Dr. Joseph Chuman, leader of The Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County It’s hard to get excited about them. It’s much harder to get militant in their defense. In fact, it makes one feel a little foolish even to try. But try we must. What I’m referring to are liberal values. It’s much easier […]
