
Conservative Resurgence August 24, 2018 Post-Liberalism in the Age of Trump: In January 1981, Gore Vidal appeared on The Merv Griffin Show where he discussed, among other things, the received “mandate” of Ronald Reagan, who had just come off a…
Paradoxes, both within the government and within the ostensibly private economy, are related. They are symptoms of a shadow government ruling the United States that pays little heed to the plain words of the Constitution. Its governing philosophy profoundly influences foreign and national security policy and such domestic matters as spending priorities, trade, investment, income inequality, privatization of government services, media presentation of news, and the whole meaning and worth of citizens’ participation in their government.