The United States of America is dying. More than a century ago, progressives began an insidious assault on America. The damage was inflicted piecemeal and citizens barely noticed. The harm continues to this day and is being perpetuated by President Barack Obama. America is becoming a gargantuan European-style Nanny State. Underpinning America's decline into socialism are concepts rooted in misguided leftist policies, rampant political correctness, virulent anti-Americanism, and ideological environmentalism. Starting with Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, left-leaning presidents have added layer upon layer of bureaucracy, resulting in an out-of-control government. It has become not only hugely expensive, but poorly responsive to the citizenry. Several of these presidents have skirted the Constitution, ignored Congress and stacked the judiciary with like-minded jurists. What these leftist presidents couldn't achieve legislatively, their judicial appointees were often able to accomplish from the bench. Though the split was nearly equal between Republican and Democrat presidents over the past century, leftist policies were responsible for most of the harm. Unfortunately, even some nominally "conservative" presidents such as Richard Nixon have also contributed to the growth of government. The result has been the steady decline of America, most recently manifested by the re-election of Barack Obama.
About the Author: Dennis B. Malpass was born and raised in Biloxi, Mississippi. He attended Tulane University in New Orleans, LA and received a BS in chemistry in 1966. He then attended graduate school at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN and studied Main Group organometallic chemistry under Professor Jerome F. Eastham. He received his PhD in organic chemistry in 1970 and began his industrial career with Texas Alkyls, Inc. (now AkzoNobel) in La Porte, TX. His industrial career spanned 33 years working primarily on synthesis, characterization and applications of metal alkyls. He retired in 2003 and now lives in Magnolia, TX and consults in the petrochemical industry. He has more than 80 patents and publications. He served as sole author of an introductory text on polyethylene, published in 2010. He also served as co-author (with Elliot I. Band) of an introductory text on polypropylene, published in 2012. Both books were published jointly by Scrivener Publishing and John Wiley & Sons. He has taught college and continuing education courses in organic chemistry and polyolefin catalysts.