As the Left Eats Itself from Within...
If Everyone is Lying, What Happens When Someone Tells the Truth?
It's a Scientific Fact That We Are ALL a Bunch of Assholes
The Limits of Free Speech in a World of Slander and Libel
It's All in the Confidence Game
Trump is easily the least presidential cat I've seen. He makes George W. look like a fucking Rhodes scholar.
I Believe...
The Perfect Feminist
I knew what I was getting into when I married Marie. She was a kindhearted woman—sweet as they came. A staunch NPR listener. The kind of NPR listener that actually gave money.
Nostalgia is like a Mirror of Broken Colored Glass
The vast tapestry of the internet, however, has changed that and while it feels claustrophobic in the present, it also forces our hindsight narratives to be more honest and inclusive.
Frontier Justice
How do we stop the bullies without becoming bullies ourselves?
No One Wins an Online Argument
Some folks use social media as a bludgeon, pumping up the discord and waiting to pounce on the unsuspecting. Best to avoid them as much as you can.
Understanding the Artistic Pissing Match
On Becoming An Unsuspecting Art Collector
I have never asked the painter though, if he experiences the curious emptiness that I sometimes feel in the aftermath of a sale. I have traded something beautiful for a number. For money. And now that the cycle of commerce is complete, what next?
I Believe...
identity politics
Our ideas (and actions) have to stand on their own. While our individual and collective identities aren't irrelevant, they are mere garnish to what we actually have to say for ourselves.
The Apes are Branching Out!
"It's complicated."
These Be Beasties with Teeth
By exaggerating the harm of idiot college students wearing black face and the horrors of white women wearing corn rows, we forgot the very direct devastation that the true active bigots can deliver.
Who Is in Charge of Determining "Offense?"
It's FACT Because I FEEEEEEEL It...
How do you want to be defined? By one action? By some opinion that could evolve? By a mistake, regrettable only with hindsight? Or by the sum of your parts? Okay, do that for other people. Start the trend.