american exceptionalism

Political Economist Michael Hudson on Why Trump Is the ‘Lesser Evil’

Nov 8, 2016
If Hillary Clinton is more capable of wielding US military and financial dominance to endanger lives at home and abroad, does that make Trump the better choice in 2016? Hudson weighs in during an interview with Renegade Inc military and financial dominance to endanger lives at home and abroad, does that make Trump the better choice in 2016? Hudson (pictured) weighs in during an interview with Renegade Inc.
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The Real American Exceptionalism

Feb 26, 2015
While Presidents Eisenhower and Bush decided on exceptions that violated national boundaries and international treaties, President Obama is exercising his exceptional prerogatives in the unbounded domains of aerospace and cyberspace.

Is This Country Crazy?

Jan 12, 2015
I still remember a time when to be an American was to be envied. The country where I grew up after World War II seemed to be respected and admired around the world for way too many reasons to go into here.

The Importance of Being Exceptional

Oct 24, 2014
Why is it immoral for a person to treat himself as an exception? The reason is plain: because morality, by definition, means a standard of right and wrong that applies to all persons without exception. Yet to answer so briefly may be to oversimplify.