Donald Trump represents an authoritarian movement and a cultural force. Trumpism is not merely or just a set of political policy preferences. Like other authoritarian cultural movements Trumpism promises a national-cultural transformation, psychological uplift, group superiority, personal salvation, and a sense of membership and belonging in an exclusive community for its members and other supporters. … Read more
Former FBI Director James Comey recently published an important opinion piece in the New York Times. In the article, he examines the question of how otherwise intelligent, accomplished people, like Bill Barr and Rod Rosenstein, can find themselves justifying and excusing the amoral and illegal actions of this president. Amoral leaders have a way of … Read more
Do you lean more toward the dark side or the light side? I don’t usually take those Facebook “personality tests” because they are scientifically meaningless, and because I believe their real purpose is to sell information about one’s interests and personality to advertisers. However, I am not opposed to self-knowledge. Legitimate, scientifically-based, tools can sometimes … Read more