Political Musing
They Forgot to Outlaw Shamelessness
The $1.7 billion slush fund isn't just corruption. It's proof that the founders' whole architecture rested on something they assumed would always be there and isn't anymore.
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Political Musing
The Wave, the Wall, and the 40 Percent
The pundit class' insistence that 2026 will be a wave year, and that Trump's flagging approval is a lock is not that comforting.
Tech
Übermensch in a Cubicle Farm - Pt 1: The Collar Color Was Always a Con
Why doesn't Tech unionize? It isn't difficult to suss out, but you have to look at it in context. This is the start of a weekly series about the "why"
Geoff's Musical Musings
Music: Lari Basilio is back with a new axe
Favorite of the newsletter, Lari Basilio is back with a new guitar, and moar strings. See how she puts them to use.
Glorious Garbage - Cinema to relish in its badness
The Wrong Side of the Street: Poverty Row Noir and the Beauty of Having Nothing to Lose
Noir is a deep genre, and while it is by definition gritty, there is a sub-class that truly embodies the grittiness, and the ethos. Poverty Row is an apt description.
May 16th, 2026: Week in Review
To help reduce the clutter to the inbox, this is a weekly round up post of what was published. Go to the account area on the website, and for email, you can turn on or off any of the newsletters. If you prefer the once a week round up, make
The Useful Fiction
The Useful Fiction Act IV: The Political Fiction
Closing out, the accident that created what we call the middle class is about over. Sure, politicians will pontificate, but neither party is willing to do the work to keep it going.
The Useful Fiction
The Useful Fiction - Act III: Et tu donkey?
If you think that the Democrats are the party of the middle class, you're fooling yourself. But since the 1980's they've gotten on the gravy train, feeding at the trough with the Republicans
Political Musing
Bonus Post: The Podcast Class Discovers the Streets (From Their Studios)
Listening to the latest TNL this AM got my hackles up. The question of why aren't more people mobilizing really spiked my cortisol.
Political Musing
The Useful Fiction Act II: The Long Game
At the start, it wasn't a Republican or a Democrat issue, it was a plutocrat capitalist issue, and they think in multi-decade time spans. It pays to have patience
Political Musing
The Useful Fiction Act I: The Accident
The Middle Class. It resonates, and it is almost a God given American right, but what is it really? Act I of 4 on the Middle Class.
Political Musing
The Cronkite Moment Isn't Coming: Why This Hole Is Deeper Than the Last One
People keep waiting for the moral shock that turns the tide. That's not how this works anymore. And there's a reason Republicans aren't losing any sleep over it.