Chaos and Catharsis: 15 Years of Politics, Philosophy, and Passions - Knepper, Alexander
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"Since I was introduced to the world as an up-and-coming talent by the Herald Mail in 2004, I have been vainly pontificating on all things politics, current events, and philosophy. This retrospective anthology covers the first 15 years: highlights from my columns, essays, aphorisms, and interviews -- prior to a decisive turn away from my youthful outlook as a libertarian-minded Republican, atheist, and individualist, and toward Christianity and a more progressive perspective.Nonetheless, I don't think my thought was ever easy to classify. I got a lot of things right and a lot of things wrong…mehr

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"Since I was introduced to the world as an up-and-coming talent by the Herald Mail in 2004, I have been vainly pontificating on all things politics, current events, and philosophy. This retrospective anthology covers the first 15 years: highlights from my columns, essays, aphorisms, and interviews -- prior to a decisive turn away from my youthful outlook as a libertarian-minded Republican, atheist, and individualist, and toward Christianity and a more progressive perspective.Nonetheless, I don't think my thought was ever easy to classify. I got a lot of things right and a lot of things wrong over the years, too: I identified Donald Trump as the new avatar of the GOP base back in 2012. I identified the alt-right as an emerging threat to democracy back in 2010. I called out false media narratives on the so-called anti-incumbency wave of 2010, which was really an anti-moderate wave. In 2014 I warned my fellow capitalists that the income inequality issue was not going to disappear.I also, as a teenage Republican, predicted that the Iraq War would be part of a wave of democratic uprising in the Middle East that would see George W. Bush become known as the greatest president of modern times. Can't win 'em all.As a retrospective, this anthology aims to present my personal history as it happened, 'warts and all'. Even when it infuriates, I can guarantee that it will provoke, stimulate, and fascinate.
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Alex Knepper has been a freelance political commentator for 15 years. His writings have been featured or excerpted by a variety of national publications, including the New York Times, the Atlantic, and FiveThirtyEight, and he has appeared on national television and radio. While attending American University, he was chosen by UWIRE as one of the Top 100 college journalists in America. He holds degrees in Political Science and Liberal Arts from American University and St. John's College - Annapolis, respectively. His current website is the New American Perspective (www.newamericanperspective.com)