Andrew Bard Schmookler (born 1946) is an American author, public speaker, social commentator, and radio talk show host.
He completed his doctoral work at the University of California at Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union in a program created specially to accommodate his comprehensive theory of human history.
In a project with the Public Agenda Foundation, he interviewed the best minds in the country, in various related fields, on how the United States might best achieve security in an age of nuclear weapons.
Schmookler’s commentaries on social and political issues have appeared in local and national publications, including The Christian Science Monitor, The Baltimore Sun, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Albuquerque Tribune.
[5] He argued that a force has emerged on the political right that represents the convergence of three currents running through American history: an imperialistic impulse, unbridled greed, and a form of religiosity that emphasizes division and conflict.
He identifies these as the two main components of that crisis: 1) that the Republican Party has been taken over by a destructive force; and 2) that the response from Liberal America to that threat has been woefully weak.
Schmookler’s campaign to address this crisis he has given the title, “Press the Battle.” In its initial phase, it entails the publication of a series of articles that are intended to “light a fire in Liberal America.” It attempts to do this in two ways: 1) to draw a compelling portrait of the reality of that “destructive force” that has gained control of the political right, and 2) to address the sources of the blindness and weakness that have crippled Liberal America’s ability to protect the nation.