Preparing for Political Violence
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.
Racism and the White Soul: A Review of Reconstructing the Gospel
A memoir of spiritual reckoning, the book is an unflinching exploration of the mental and spiritual impact of racism on white souls, written from the perspective of a passionate evangelical believer.
Remembering Tony Bourdain
Tony Bourdain created a way of seeing the world that did not previously exist.
Action Request from Citizens’ Climate Lobby
Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a climate advocacy group focused on grassroots political engagement. Their board includes former Reagan Administration Secretary of State, George Schultz, former Rep. Bob Inglis, and climate scientist James Hansen. By forming local chapters all over the country, including one in my town, they are building a political force …
Democracy in the Age of the Algorithm
Breaking up the Russian/Republican project might end that particular campaign, but it won’t disarm this cheap, readily available weapon, just waiting to be used again.
How States Can Reduce Gun Deaths
As with so many other seemingly intractable American policy problems, a simple solution already exists.
Link Roundup for Memorial Day, 2018
A political orphan’s guide to current events.
Boredom, a Eulogy
Boredom has disappeared from our lives and with it, the ingenuity it spawned.
The Tyranny of False Civility
Tell the truth as a white person among white people, and American racism loses a little more of its sanctuary, its shelter, its food. Truth is power.
Bribery Is An American Tradition
Our government is for sale, but don’t blame Donald Trump. His clumsy cast of cartoon Mafiosi have merely taken the finesse out of the game, placing the oily guts of the machine out in the daylight.