Prof. Ornery Talks Politics

The ornery ramblings of a former political science professor turned fiction author

Let’s Talk Fascism

There is a lot of sturm und drang (storm and stress – thank you, Goethe) these […]

Fix It…

Kamala Harris’ campaign slogan is “A New Way Forward.” I find this fascinating because it implies […]

Debate Post-Mortem

Yeah, I watched the debate last night. I can’t help it. Watching politics is baked into […]

Censorship, Speech, and Calling the Cops

I am very aware that people who believe they will disagree with my comments/statements/arguments will most […]

Arguing vs. Venting Emotions

Screaming your emotions at somebody is NOT arguing. How many times have you found yourself in […]

Freedom of Speech and “Misinformation”

Recently, I’ve been thinking about the First Amendment and its relationship to the idea of “misinformation.” […]

Anointing and Appointing and Problems With It All

I haven’t done a politics screed in a while and that’s mostly because there’s just been […]

A Weird and Changing Presidential Race

Biden dropped out of the presidential race on Sunday. The first snarky question I heard was […]

Assassination Attempts and “Disastrous” Candidates

This is going to be a sort of combo post covering two issues that have come […]

1968 All Over Again?

The 2024 Democratic Convention will be held in Chicago in August. And it’s shaping up to […]