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H. Kevin McNeelege
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Bear Kosik is a political scientist by training. His Remaking Democracy in America was published in the fall of 2018 by Stairway Press. Well-received science fiction novels (two under Hugh Dudley) are available on Amazon. Several screenplays have been awarded over fifteen laurels at screenplay competitions since 2016. Bear's short fiction, essays, photo art,and poetry have appeared in a variety of reviews, anthologies, and e-zines. Six of his plays have been presented at off-off-Broadway venues since 2016. He took first place in the New York State Fair Poetry Contest in 2018. B.A., International Studies, Johns Hopkins University M.A., Political Science, Johns Hopkins University ABD, Comparative Politics, Johns Hopkins University (received conditional pass on dissertation defense) J.D., cum laude, Case Western Reserve University
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020Reflections on the New American Revolution Instead of a progressive revolution, the USA already has undergone an oligarchic revolution that will continue to block most progressive policies unless Americans begin to participate more actively in the political sphere.
Monday, November 25, 2019Bloomberg and the Invisible Yang Bloomberg's entry into the Democratic presidential nomination race brings out more reason attention ought to be focused on Andrew Yang.
Wednesday, November 6, 2019Donald Trump Will Be Re-elected, Unless Andrew Yang is the Democratic Nominee Fourteen reasons why Trump will be re-elected and all the reasons Andrew Yang is the one who can beat him.
Friday, July 12, 2019Have We Got Anything to Lose? The writer was accurate in September 2015 in predicting Trump's win and why he won. The question is whether any of the Democratic candidates is going to shape their election bids in a way that places them not as an alternative to Trump but as a better choice.
Thursday, February 21, 2019The Problem with Bernie Bernie Sanders' decision to seek the Democratic Party's presidential nomination brings back the core problem Sanders had last time.
Saturday, October 6, 2018Why Trump Is Succeeding (and will continue to do so) Opinion on Trump's policy successes from someone who predicted his election 14 months before the 2016 election
Wednesday, February 8, 2017The Real Trump Card Donald Trump is doing what his supporters want. He is doing this purposefully to demonstrate that his supporters are way off base.
Monday, November 21, 2016Dueling Values: Lessons from the Hamilton Contretemps The Hamilton cast's statement was ironic on several levels. That's what happens when one claims the high ground when your rivals aren't even climbing the same hill.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016Progressive Hypocrisy Just how accepting, inclusive, and truth-seeking are progressives when they refuse to accept, include, and believe Trump's supporters?
Wednesday, November 9, 2016Why Almost Everyone Was Wrong Anyone looking at Donald Trump logically rather than emotionally could have seen over a year ago that he was going to win the nomination and probably the general election.
Friday, November 4, 2016The Grains of Truth So much ink and so many pixels have been spilled going back and forth regarding the qualities of the major-party candidates for POTUS. Their worst characteristics, however, are the source of their success.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016The Death Knell of Representative Democracy in the USA The USA is headed for disaster as long as voters believe they have only two choices for president in this election. Our only hope as a nation from falling further into plutocracy is to send the decision to the House of Representatives.
Monday, October 24, 2016Assange's Believe It or Not! Given how ridiculous political discourse between the two major party candidates for POTUS has been, more people ought to seriously think about a third way.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016One Way Out The who-haw over Donald Trump's remarks underscores the extent to which the media are playing with people in this election. It is imperative the people seize this opportunity to reject the continued domination of the two major parties and participate in their own governance.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016Five years and...? Organizationally and popularly, the progressive concerns espoused by Occupy Wall Street have not matured or developed along lines to be of any use to actually result in the change needed to fix what is wrong in the USA.
Thursday, April 7, 2016The Withering Away of Rights on the Left How are we supposed to move forward if political discourse has become nearly impossible? Vocabulary, issues, goals are all perpendicular to each other. Our only hope is for the most reasonable people to start putting their feet down and insisting everyone begin to start talking the same language.
Wednesday, December 31, 2014A Little Respect: Films at Eleven Do we really want to defend freedom of speech and expression for movie makers whose goal is really to make money? Is that what civil liberties are there for?
Thursday, November 13, 2014The Alarm Has Sounded How did we get to this point in American politics? What can the Democrats do to win back the American people?
Saturday, June 30, 2012How? Be Honest, Open, and Willing How do we move forward this election year to see change in the American political system.
