Weekly satirical cartoons by P. Maudit. View and comment...
The American Dissident is a 501 c3 nonprofit founded in 1998 as a direct result of corruption experienced first-hand by the editor as a professor at Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts. Published biannually and always desperate for that rare contrarian submission that RISKS the ire of the established order, both right and left wing.
Censorship and general disdain for vigorous debate seem to have become the rule, not the exception. Dismissing disturbing criticism and the critic with ad hominem has become common practice. Read more...
Unsurprisingly, The American Dissident has been dismissed as sexist and racist by PC ideologues. Read more...
In the New York Times, Washington Post, Time magazine, and other PC publications, the increasing foothold of Islam (Shariah law) in Europe, Canada, and even America is rarely if ever reported. Read more...
Cette partie du site contient, entre autres, les notes critiques du redac'chef sur le Festival International de la Poésie de Trois-Rivieres. Lire encore...
During the Sixties, we'd call those who subverted their principles for money and power SELLOUTS. Unfortunately, the term became conveniently outmoded as the sellout phenomenon generalized over the years. Read more...
One of the most positive things regarding The American Dissident has been Professor Dan Sklar's invitations over the past several years for me to discuss the journal with his Endicott College students. Read more...
The editor has had to pound on doors to get The American Dissident reviewed. Library Journal (American Library Association) refuses to review it. Read more...
Without the generous support of contributors, The AD would not be alive today. Examine some of the essays, poems, and reviews published in The AD. Read more... [Under construction]
The editor has had to pound on doors to get interviewed now and then. Read more...
Established-order proponents and apparatchiks, as well as most others, when criticized by the editor have dismissed me and The American Dissident almost always with ad hominem. Read more...
Literary Letters
"The Cold Passion for Truth Hunts in No Pack" is a lengthy essay written by the editor on democracy and literature and the case for parrhesiastic poetry, writing, and art. Read more...