Dividing Lines: beyond the Left/Right binaryReams have been written — and years of oratory delivered — in political debates between “left” and “right,” between “conservative” and…Nov 3Nov 3
The Ethno-State: blessing or curse?[Note: while I was struggling for days on end with this article, editing and dithering, I noticed that someone else has been thinking along…Dec 18, 20232Dec 18, 20232
Yet Another Not A Drag Queen… some musings on moral panics, projection, and patriarchy.Nov 20, 20231Nov 20, 20231
The Bronze Age BacklashThe New Far Right International — perhaps we might call it the International Fascist Tendency? — is making headlines worldwide. While…Nov 18, 20232Nov 18, 20232
Unstable Diffusion: stochastic terrorism and turbulent priestsWell, by now everyone’s heard about it and everyone’s talking about it. In Lewiston, Maine (Maine!) an angry white man — with an online…Oct 28, 20235Oct 28, 20235
In Praise of My Native TongueEnglish is a lot like a rambling old mansion that has been added on to ad hoc, over generations upon generations… so that every possible…Oct 25, 20231Oct 25, 20231
Screening Sociopaths (another modest proposal)Ingredients of this essay include Fallon’s The Psychopath Inside (a very interesting book, by the way, which I highly recommend) — and…Oct 23, 20232Oct 23, 20232
A Headline From Our Timeline? or, How Weird Can Things Get?Young Dirtifarians at Tampa Rally — Midjourney, prompt by authorSep 2, 20231Sep 2, 20231
The Politics of YeastIn the last couple of years the US Far Right seems to be suffering from a full-blown gender panic attack. Their outrage at any deviation…Mar 20, 2023Mar 20, 2023
The Woke ScareElon is not the only right-leaning member of the online chatterati experiencing a frisson of existential fear as he contemplates…Jan 22, 20232Jan 22, 20232
