Author: Mitchell A. Sobieski

The 2024 U.S. presidential election solidified a disturbing trend in American politics, a willingness among voters to choose leaders whose policies and track records directly harm their well-being. The phenomenon is not new, but its persistence and increasingly dire consequences require some reflection. How did America arrive here? Why do voters, especially those who stand to lose the most, continue to support candidates whose actions lead to destruction, division, and personal suffering? And what lessons must we learn from this cyclical self-sabotage? 2016: TRUMP’S VICTORY AND THE “ANOMALY” THAT WAS NOT In 2016, Donald Trump’s election was often described...

The brazen murder of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, on a Midtown Manhattan street has rattled the U.S. health care industry. But beyond the tragic shock of an executive’s targeted killing, an unsettling truth now lies exposed with deep and pervasive anger at America’s private insurance system. In the aftermath of Thompson’s death, what began as a crime story rapidly morphed into a larger conversation about insurance-driven structural harm and fury. As thousands took to social media to express bitterness rather than sympathy, America’s long-suppressed frustration with a system that often denies necessary health care, inflates costs, and...