Getting Beyond Trump: It’s Well Past Time We Start Dealing with the Larger Picture Publication date: August 15, 2026 Publisher : Real Clear Philosophy Available in Hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook Someone suggested to me that I write a follow-up to my book Why Trump?. I never stopped publishingContinue Reading
You can’t fight an enemy you don’t understand In 2024, I wrote two short but information-packed books about politics. They were pertinent to the US election (along with all the other elections in 2024), but they are even more pertinent now after the US election results. That’s particularly true becauseContinue Reading
I began teaching philosophy in 1998, and I love talking with students and helping them discover new ideas. Several years ago, I gave up on the mass-produced introduction to philosophy textbooks. The offerings from the Big Four educational publishing corporations (Cengage, McGraw Hill, Pearson, and Oxford) are overpriced (I can’tContinue Reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Book Demythologizes Politics Philosophy professor pulls back the curtain to reveal the core issue of political conflict Dateline: August 13, 2024 What is politics and why is it so contentious? Why all the angry words in election campaigns and political demonstrations? Personal egos? A monumental struggleContinue Reading
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Philosophy professor writes about the particular strain of US political culture that currently takes Trump as its focus. Dateline: July 28, 2024 Why has Donald Trump become the dominant subject of US politics? The new book by Dr. Douglas Giles, Why Trump? Why Some People Support Him—HowContinue Reading