Author: Insights

George R.R. Martin admits he may never finish “The Winds of Winter” after making fans wait 13 years

For fans of George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire,” the phrase “Winter is Coming” has transformed into an ironic mantra for an endless wait. After 13 years of anticipation for the sixth installment, “The Winds of Winter,” Martin has delivered an admission many fans dreaded: he does not know if he will ever finish the book. In a recent public interview, Martin finally acknowledged what critics and readers alike have long suspected. “Unfortunately, I am 13 years late [with book six],” Martin confessed. “Every time I say that, I think, ‘How could I be 13 years...

Read More

Cuando un culto se vuelve dominante: dentro del motor psicológico tóxico del movimiento MAGA de Trump

Con el regreso de Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca en 2025, su base política ha emergido como una de las fuerzas más estudiadas y polarizadoras en la historia política de Estados Unidos. Endurecido por años de agitación social, retórica conspirativa y pruebas de lealtad, el bloque de votantes conocido como el movimiento Make America Great Again (MAGA) ha evolucionado hacia una subcultura marcada por una identificación emocional profunda con Trump, el rechazo a la legitimidad institucional y una visión del mundo definida menos por preferencias políticas compartidas que por un sentido común de agravio y desafío. Periodistas, académicos...

Read More

Why “owning the libs” is the last refuge of a failed ideology that cannot defend its policies on merit

“I was searching for the nature of evil. I think I’ve come close to defining it: a lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants. A genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow man. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.” – GM Gilbert, chief psychologist at the Nuremberg trials Neoconservatives in American politics have developed a reputation for targeting their ideological opponents with an unrelenting style often described as “owning the libs.” This phrase captures the aggressive impulse to deliver rhetorical takedowns, score points in public debates, and celebrate perceived victories over liberals....

Read More

La visión de una Segunda Guerra Civil por parte de MAGA malinterpreta peligrosamente la geografía política fragmentada de Estados Unidos

Los llamados a una Segunda Guerra Civil estadounidense se han convertido en un tema persistente entre las facciones extremas alineadas con Donald Trump, particularmente dentro del movimiento Hacer a Estados Unidos Grande Otra Vez (MAGA). Estas personas evocan con frecuencia las imágenes de 1861, imaginando un nuevo conflicto que, según ellos, enfrentaría a los estados rojos contra los estados azules en una batalla por el futuro de la nación. Sin embargo, su comparación con la primera Guerra Civil es históricamente y estructuralmente defectuosa. Una guerra civil estadounidense moderna no se parecería a la simplicidad geográfica del Norte contra el...

Read More

When a cult goes mainstream: Inside the toxic psychological engine of Trump’s MAGA movement

With Donald Trump’s return to the White House in 2025, his political base has emerged as one of the most studied and polarizing forces in American political history. Hardened through years of social upheaval, conspiracy rhetoric, and loyalty tests, the voting bloc, known as the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, has evolved into a subculture marked by deep emotional identification with Trump, rejection of institutional legitimacy, and a worldview shaped less by shared policy preferences than by a shared sense of grievance and defiance. Journalists, scholars, and political observers have spent years attempting to parse what animates the...

Read More

Broadband deserts in Milwaukee expose a form of digital redlining that mirrors historic inequalities

In Milwaukee, where legacies of housing discrimination still shape economic opportunity and public health, a quieter but equally consequential form of infrastructure inequality persists: digital redlining. Despite national attention on the racial and economic gaps in broadband access, granular reporting specific to Milwaukee remains limited, even as data sources reveal stark disparities aligned with neighborhood demographics. Digital redlining, the practice by internet service providers of systematically underinvesting in high-speed internet infrastructure in low-income or predominantly minority communities, has long been suspected in Milwaukee. Now, layered data from federal maps, corporate filings, and digital equity assessments support what residents in...

Read More