If This is 1776, John Eastman, You’re On The Other Side
Trump Republicans are not 1776 colonists, they are George III having a fit that Parliament exists. And John Eastman is the apotheosis of this.
Category: Feature
Trump Indictment Is Not About Speech
Will anybody be willing to go under oath and testify that Trump absolutely believed that he was the rightful winner and never admitted behind closed doors that he knew that he lost?
Is The Rise of “Auditors” Helping Or Hurting Police Reform Efforts?
The rise of “auditors” not only filming but escalating issues with law enforcement for social media is a new wrinkle on the ongoing debate over policing in America.
New Hampshire’s First in the Nation Primary Is Good for Everyone
It stems from two ideas: that New Hampshire is not diverse and that New Hampshire is too small. Both statements are ludicrous.
Did Impeachment Just Fizzle?
Republicans talk a lot about witch hunts. It’s starting to look a lot like they are running one with impeachment.
Sunday Morning! “The Tragedy of Macbeth” by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Macbeth: The story of a man who aspired to be a monster, and forgot he would only be a man for a brief time.
The Time Bryan O’Nolan Met Mike Pence at a Foreign Policy Event
When Mike Pence turned to shake my hand Saturday morning in New Hampshire, one of the most absurd events in my life began to unfold.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Baldur’s Gate III
Spoiler-free, I purchased Baldur’s Gate III and… well… here’s my experience with Character Creation.
POETS Day! Muriel Rukeyser’s The Book of the Dead
Muriel Rukeyser’s The Book of the Dead is a collection of twenty poems capturing aspects of the Hawks Nest Disaster.
Making Love in a Canoe
I’ve spent months boggling at the boycott of Bud Light, only now realizing that I am not sure that I even know what Bud Light tastes like.
Mini-Throughput: Floaty Rock Edition
So my response to LK-99 is a shrug emoji. It could be the most important discovery in our lifetimes. It could be nothing. It could be anywhere in between.
It’s a Barbie World
There’s not much to get fired up against unless you’re determined to be ticked off about it…the real world can be stranger than Barbieland.
DNA Doesn’t Lie, But People Do
DNA doesn’t lie, but people do, and society cannot afford rogue chemists out to make a name for themselves at the expense of true justice.
Real Heros, No Money: A Review of Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat
As a former volunteer myself, Odd Hours No Pay Cool Hat really goes to show you that there is nothing else like the heart of a volunteer.
Quibbling Over Nomenclature Regarding the Atomic Bombings
I cannot agree that, to quote Mike Cote’s title and piece on the subject, that “Dropping the Atomic Bombs Was Good, Actually.”
Mini-Throughput: Einstein’s Greatest Mistake Edition
Einstein’s greatest mistake may not have been his greatest mistake. It may have been his most spectacular and enduring insight.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Dredge
Dredge is the most relaxing Lovecraftian game I’ve ever played…surprisingly relaxing for a game in which there is a threat of the end of the world.
POETS Day! John O’Brien
John O’Brien, a pen name for Monsignor Patrick Jospeh Hartigan, was an Australian poet who tended to the needs of Catholics in New South Wales in the early twentieth century
Spare the Rod and Spoil the President
The spoiled child grows up to be a spoiled adult whose crimes get bigger and bigger. Republicans, Donald Trump is a mess of your own making. You own this.
Puccini’s La Boheme: The Costs of Bohemianism
La Boheme’s audiences should understand its warning not as polemic against artistic endeavors, but such choices inevitably involve tradeoffs.
