entering the 203rd decade

The nation that is at the moment of having to

face up now to its perils and potentialities

on the 3rd wave of Great Depression II

finds itself desperately tryna make out its identity.

contents

40 Years and 40 Days Later

a remembrance of John Lennon’s passing

The Day of the Birth of Martin Luther King, Jr.

segregation, integration—commemorating the words that define the civil rights struggle

The Expertocrats Dragging America into the Vietnam Horror Chamber

Halberstam’s 20-years-later overview

the 3rd wave of Great Depression II

The 21st-century Cratering of US Labor Force Participation

&

the 21st-century Collapse of American Job Growth

by  Fred Krumbein

the party paradigms in US governance history

The 1st Three-quarter Century

the 1st and 2nd party paradigms

&

the 2nd Three-quarter Century

the 3rd and 4th party paradigms

&

the 3rd Three-quarter Century

the 5th and 6th party paradigms

&

the Beginning of the 4th Three-quarter Century

the rise of the 7th party paradigm

an overview with  the editors

Political Contest or All-out War

by  Roy Christman

clashes with ideologies on the long-dominant liberalism-conservatism-moderatism spectrum

Liberalism against Progressivism in the Democratic and Conservatism against Trumpism in the Republican Parties

the Battles for the Identities of the Parties

some speculative exegeses from  the editors

Male-white Supremacy vs. Patrician Supremacy vs. Progressivism

the Prospects for Survival of American Civilization and of Global Civilization During the Warfare for the Attainment of Upstanderhood

by  the editorial board

Hope

by  Richard Trainor

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