The roll up of the week of 6/13/2026's posts
Political Musing
Thirty years of Real American outreach has produced one durable result: a very comfortable living for the people doing the outreach.
Political Musing
JD Vance converted to Catholicism five years into his marriage to a woman who hasn't. Ross Douthat interviewed him about his faith and forgot to notice. Here's what legitimacy laundering looks like.
Political Musing
Series: The Boys Are Not Alright — And Nobody's Fixing It, Part 3
The Boys are not Alright
Series: The Boys Are Not Alright — And Nobody's Fixing It, Part 2 - College isn't really for everybody, but somehow that became the mantra.
Political Musing
Trump's Iran deal: photo op in Geneva, enrichment program in Tehran, blame pre-loaded onto Vance. The only thing missing is a Phase 2.
Political Musing
Series: The Boys Are Not Alright — And Nobody's Fixing It, Part 1 - Looking at why the generational demographic shift is a challenge
Too smart to organize, now it's too late
Bringing it to a close, what are the chances of the tech industry unionizing? It's possible, but it will be more difficult than if it happened in the 80's and 90's
Glorious Garbage - Cinema to relish in its badness
Grindhouse meets foreign production, and the imports were born. I remember my father taking me to see the karate/samurai movies at Camera One in San Jose. Good times.
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I was a day last last week on this, but this week, I was deathly ill from the Summer cold I brought back from Las Vegas. That shit sucks. Anyhow, you know the drill, if you prefer to not get the daily(ish) post in your inbox and want a
How Obama turned a movement into a monument, and left the Democratic Party to pay the tab
In 2010, his first wife published everything you needed to know about Elon Musk in Marie Claire. The world decided the Roadster was too cool to care. We've been paying for that choice ever since.
The audience became the editorial board. And the editorial board only votes for more.
Series: The Long Arc — American Democracy's Recurring Failure, Part 4
Series: The Long Arc — American Democracy's Recurring Failure, Part 3
How the Democratic Consultant Class Ran the Party Into a Wall and Billed Them for It
In the 4th installment, we look at the CS/STEM to tech pipeline, but also the fact that not all roles were equal. Puncturing the mythos.
The wrap up from May 30, thru June 6, 2026. Get the posts in a diary!
A branch of the glorious garbage that I am not so much a fan of, but you can't deny that it is influential. The Gore Merchants really pushed the boundaries of propriety
Series: The Long Arc — American Democracy's Recurring Failure, Part 2
Longwell and Miller crossed the marriage equality finish line. Now they counsel patience to those still running. Meanwhile, Republican support for marriage equality has collapsed 18 points. The process they're selling is already running in reverse.
