Category: Essays
Biden Is A Progressive, Even If The Left Isn’t Happy
I’ve come to eat crow. Joe Biden is a progressive. I didn’t think he would be when I voted against him in last year’s Democratic primary. Many on the Left […]
Grifting the Right: How MAGA Mirrors the KKK
The ability of Trump’s snake-oil coalition to take over the leadership of the Republican party is no surprise. Grifting and right wing politics go hand in hand. Glenn Beck, Dick […]
Political Violence Killed Rome
Shine, Perishing Republic Part I: Political Violence Killed Rome and Could Kill America On January 6, 2021, a right-wing mob invaded the US Capitol. They erected a hanging gallows, some […]
Surviving the Holidays by Surviving COVID
This time of year we are typically inundated with the exceedingly tired phrase “surviving the holidays.” A normal year this would be shared facetiously, a musing that family is awkward […]
Why Has There Been Only One Black Mayor of New York City?
On Monday November 23rd, 2020, the former Mayor of New York City, David Dinkins, passed away at the age of 93. He was the city’s first and to this point […]
The Monsters Are Due on Pennsylvania Avenue
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are going to be the next President and VP of the United States. The election is over, but not to a frighteningly large portion of […]
Baby Yoda Sucks and Makes The Mandalorian Worse
Baby Yoda sucks. It is nothing more than a new Star Wars icon which further drags the science fiction franchise deeper into capitalism’s grasp. This is nothing new for the […]
Stick to Sports: Why the Big Ten was Always Going to Mess This Up
In 2020, college football is a sea of competing narratives. The facade of amateurism makes the narratives more complex. I would also argue that it is our most politically divided […]
What It’s Like to Go to Air Force Basic Military Training
Air Force Basic Military Training (BMT) batters trainees psychologically more than physically. There’s no carrying big telephone poles on the beach at 2am or getting choke-slammed into a cold swimming […]
A Chat with Horacio Pagani
Last fall, my buddy and fellow car-writing blowhard, Bryan Campbell sent me what started as an extremely exciting text that quickly morphed into an ear-warming flush of nervousness and self-doubt. […]