Entries by Richard Parker

The Waving Woman in So Many of Us: 25 Years of Dispossession and Disenfranchisement in the Wake of 9/11

Introduction With some 25 years having passed since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, most if not all of the galvanizing rhetoric, the appeal to unison, the false but cozy assurance that each and every American is “in this together” has been dispelled and repudiated, at least to any person who possesses the faculties of […]

Exposing Black Privilege: A Cursory Outline of Racial Prostration in American Life

Author’s note and disclaimer: as with all matters concerning race and intergroup conflict, this essay examines whites and blacks as a collective. As with almost any phenomenon under the sun, there are invariably outliers, exceptions to the rule. Although such outliers obviously exist, they do not negate overwhelming trends. Nor should they require constant mention in […]

Corporate Rights and the Most Absurd Legal Fiction: A Reactionary History and Analysis of Corporate Personhood

I. The Failures of The Constitution and American Democracy: A Brief Synopsis Although venerated on an almost universal basis by most political factions, the Constitution has failed to protect society from a number of evils. A hard, unflinching look at American life and what this document has deemed permissible proves this seemingly shocking assertion to […]

In the Clutches of Cultural Bankruptcy: American Philistinism and the Leftist Hive Mind

I. The Left Are Not So Erudite or Cultured, After All Those espousing leftist ideas and politics often entertain certain pretensions of urbanity, erudition, and cultivation. The vast majority of leftists earnestly believe they are better educated and more cultured than their political adversaries, just as they rarely fail to make such beliefs known to […]

The Transgender Menace Is Far from Defeated: Conservative Triumphalism Is Wildly Overstated

There is increasing gloating from certain conservative pundits that the transgender menace has been defeated. These people assert that mainstream conservatism actually won this battle in what is otherwise a decades-long trend of defeat after impending defeat in the-so-called culture war. Matt Walsh has been particularly strident on this matter, confidently declaring that “the fight […]

On the Shooting of Alex Pretti: The Mad Delusion of Fighting Under Queensberry Rules in The Modern Age

As readers are doubtlessly well aware, ICE agents in Minneapolis were involved in a fatal shooting. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, Alex Pretti was shot and killed while tussling with several ICE agents. The incident occurred at the intersection of 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis. Several video recordings have […]