The Worst Year
The old order has been shown for the lie it was. Putting things back the way they were is effectively impossible, and a new path forward must be made.
Category: Philosophy
Always at the Abyss
This reluctance to condemn, this refusal to delineate between protesting and rioting, bears responsibility for what happened in Chicago last night
On Not Wanting to Rest Content
When the George Floyd incident first happened, you could almost feel where this was going. With the release of the bodycam footage, here we are.
Neurodiversity and the Dignity of Work
Our meritocratic society believes that people with neurological disabilities are worthless weeds. Nonsense. We are flowers that can be beautiful.
There Are No Bad People
Bigotry was not a life sentence, it was a decision people made, and so it was possible to choose something different. You could choose to change.
Supreme Court Sacrifices Reproductive Choice for Religious Rights
The Supreme Court handed religious conservatives a major victory, a 7-2 ruling solidifying religious autonomy and diminishing reproductive choice.
There Are No Better People
Superheroes aren’t real. All we have is people, and trading one group for another is not and never will be a cure for systemic flaws
Conservatism Beyond Trump
Nobody knows what conservatism will look like in 2024. What is clear, however, is that some things will change beyond Trump.
Saying Something Important: The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot
set aside a couple hours in the screaming and the chaos that is surrounding us now and watch The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot
It’s Just Property
And as is so often the case it will be the marginalized people who will pay the highest price, who already are paying the price
An Appalling Lack of Rights: From Inalienable, to meritorious, to “Yeah, but…”
The ideal of “inalienable rights” has too often been changed to “meritorious rights” by flawed people  adding “they have rights, but…”
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Fire, Fury, and Frustration Edition
Every time we do this, folks will insist “This is the moment…” that everything is going to be different. God I hope it is. I pray it is. I doubt it is.
The Enneagram Broke Me
If they design a test that determines where bad metaphors come from, I’ll definitely need to take that one. But otherwise, no more tests. Because the enneagram broke me.
A Tragedy, Not a Statistic
Every person who dies from COVID-19, or any other cause, is a life to be celebrated, remembered, and mourned.
Unforgiven: Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl”
Gone Girl, unlike many other wildly popular books that are terrible but got turned into movies anyway, is actually a good book.
Celebrating Life with a Pocket Full of Death
I’m not a fan of social functions. I make it a habit to avoid them. I’ve been to a whole mess of funerals. Those are less avoidable.
Good Intentions, Lessons Learned
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. After serving my community for over a decade in politics I learned exactly what that meant
The American Lawn is a Shared Nuisance
The American housing market has a number of features that makes many participating homeowners unhappy, and there is no clear way out.
