| Short Substack essays by Tom Singer on current political events |
| Psychological commentary on politics |
| In an email inviting colleagues to read his essays Tom Singer notes that both the recent French and English elections seem a heartening halt of the global slide towards more authoritarian, right wing governments. It is still the case that in both elections, rightwing factions moved from the fringes, gaining seats in the legislative chambers. In the United States, the slide is at risk of turning into a collapse. Biden’s presidential campaign faces grave questions of competency and Trump lies with impunity and seems to have the whip-hand on the Supreme Court. Yeat’s aptly catches the current psychological crisis in politics, when he says in The Second Coming, “The best lack all conviction, while the worst, are full of passionate intensity.” Singer and many Americans fear that a Trump victory would be a disaster. For this reason Tom has taken to Substack with the intention “to begin contributing more regular commentaries”, There is no fee to read the articles. The first two articles Tom has written are “The Immunity Paradox,” in which he discusses the challenge the Supreme Court faces in distinguishing between public and private actions when considering Presidential immunity. In “The Shadow Knows: Donald Trump’s Weaponization of the Legal System as a Way of Life,” Mind of State Another project of Tom’s that shines the light of psychoanalysis on current political realities is a podcast he collaborates on called Mind of State. Each episode, all accessible on the website and other podcast distribution sites, features lively commentary on current events, policymakers, and the body politic and how we have arrived at this moment, as observed through both a political and psychological lens. They explore how “mind” impacts “state” and vice versa. |
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