A Few Words To Aspiring Journalists[lightly edited version of an introduction to a local journalism workshop in my very small community]Nov 22Nov 22
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 31Nov 31
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, 20232Nov 20, 20232
The Bronze Age BacklashThe New Far Right International — perhaps we might call it the International Fascist Tendency? — is making headlines worldwide. While…Nov 18, 20233Nov 18, 20233
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, 20233Oct 23, 20233
