I Think It’s Over

I Think It’s Over

by | Tuesday, December 7, 2021 | politics, rants

American democracy, that is. I honestly think it’s very likely over. We are sliding–in slow motion but inexorably–toward authoritarianism. We are drifting toward a future America where we no longer have elections. In their place, we will have “elections.” Kind of like...
Chris Hayes and I Realize Things

Chris Hayes and I Realize Things

by | Thursday, December 2, 2021 | politics, rants

It was with some satisfaction that I watched Chris Hayes on tv earlier this evening explain how he has now come to the same conclusion that I arrived at long ago: the pro-life movement isn’t really about “life” as its adherents say, but rather about controlling...
American Psychosis

American Psychosis

by | Sunday, November 28, 2021 | politics, rants

Something is wrong with Americans. Many of them, anyway. I’m not even going to get into the Q-anon nuts, even though some people estimate that they may comprise as many as 25% of Trump supporters. No, I’m talking about the fifty million people who believe the 2020...
Kyle Rittenhouse: Why It Feels Wrong

Kyle Rittenhouse: Why It Feels Wrong

by | Friday, November 19, 2021 | politics, rants

Seemingly everyone expected he would be acquitted, and now he has been. Was it the right verdict? Maybe. Within the narrow purview of whether Rittenhouse could conceivably claim self defense, maybe. But that only shows that our self defense laws themselves are deeply...
Clarity

Clarity

by | Saturday, October 16, 2021 | politics

I have been reading, writing, and thinking a lot lately and I have come to some clarity about American politics over the course of my lifetime. The anti-government tendencies on display for the last forty years are nothing but a backlash against the civil rights...