June arrives, and so does the annual conservative grievance convocation. They already scheduled their Festival of Snowflakes for the 14th. Dear Leader’s birthday. A fitting occasion. So just like every June, the flags go up. The rainbow flags, not only the American ones, though they will tell you it is the American ones they are […]
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There is a man you should know. His name is Russell Ellis. He grew up in the mountains of North Carolina inside a home where racism was not a flaw to be corrected but a foundation to be built upon. He was raised, as he puts it plainly, not merely around racists, but by them. […]
There is a woman who wants to go to the gym. She wants to lift weights, run on a treadmill, take a yoga class, feel strong in her body. She also wears a hijab. She would like athletic gear that serves both needs. Lululemon would like to sell it to her. This, apparently, is a […]
On the mental servitude of MAGA There is a kind of slavery that leaves no marks on the body. No chains. No auction block. No overseer with a whip. The enslaved party moves freely, speaks freely, votes freely. They hold jobs and own property and even wave flags that say the word “freedom” in bold […]
On Laura Loomer and the Cruelty of Fake Concern Three people were murdered at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Shot while going about their lives. Investigators confirmed what was already obvious: hate rhetoric drove the killers through that door. Laura Loomer wanted you to know she is worried about the safety and well being […]
Let us be precise about what happened. The New York Times and the Washington Post reported that classified American intelligence assessments show Iran has retained roughly 70 percent of its prewar missile stockpile, roughly 75 percent of its mobile missile launchers, operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, […]
Brutus Stood in the Light
Last night, a man named Cole Thomas Allen armed himself with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives, booked a room at the Washington Hilton, and charged a security checkpoint outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. He told law enforcement what he wanted: to shoot Trump administration officials. A Secret Service agent was shot and […]
It is Easter weekend in America. The churches are full. The story is told again, as it has been told for two thousand years, of a crowd given a choice. Pilate asked them. He stood before the assembled people and offered them what custom demanded: one man freed, one man condemned. He presented two: a […]
There is a temptation, in times of war and outrage, to flatten the world into two categories: those who condemn evil and those who enable it. It is a tempting simplicity. It is also a lie. Let us be precise about Iran. Not careful. Precise. The Islamic Republic of Iran is a theocratic dictatorship. It […]
“The ice is tilted,” we hockey fans say when one team is so dominant it feels as though they are skating downhill while their opponent claws uphill for oxygen. One end of the rink becomes a siege. The puck rarely leaves it. Momentum is obvious. When the White House elevates the U.S. men’s hockey team […]