How to Keep the Country from Going to Hell
I've told you about mantras I teach undergraduates. Here's another one: "You can't get anything done when fascists are sitting at the table of democratic politics." A democratic community can…
You Can’t Change This Hatred—You Have to Outnumber It
There's an old saying: "When the horse is dead---dismount." It's time to stop beating that horse, America. It's not going anywhere. I've tried for three years now. I've tried to…
Woman Accused of Stealing Nancy Pelosi’s Laptop Appears in Video Making Nazi Salute
Accelerationism In political and social theory, accelerationism is the idea that capitalism and technological change should be accelerated. Accelerationism may also mean that capitalism and its negative processes should be…
I regret to inform you all that history will not save America from itself
I know you've been hearing this proclamation on network news and reading it in columns for years. "History will judge us." "History will repudiate Donald Trump and the January 6…
Texas Gets Lay’d: How the Bush Family turned off the lights
Maybe because Texas gave us that wet-lipped huckster Ted Cruz, you think the state deserves to freeze in the dark. I get that, but it's not their fault, at least…