The Long Arc, a journey of political weight
The Broken Mirror and the Empty Toolkit
Series: The Closed Loop, Part 1
Political Musing
Where I spend way too much time reading about, thinking about, and writing about politics. It is just a reflection of how fucked up American politics is at the moment. Perhaps one day I will be able to write about Guitars again. I am not holding my breath though
Political Musing
The Wrong Voters (or why Rural voters are unreachable)
Thirty years of Real American outreach has produced one durable result: a very comfortable living for the people doing the outreach.
Political Musing
Performed Piety, Practiced Bullshit - Douthat v. Vance
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
Unable, Unwilling, or Just Playing a Rigged Game?
Series: The Boys Are Not Alright — And Nobody's Fixing It, Part 3
The Boys are not Alright
The College-For-All Catastrophe
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
The Art of the Deferral: Trump's Iran "Deal" and the Pattern He Can't Quit
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
The Generational Replacement Myth
Series: The Boys Are Not Alright — And Nobody's Fixing It, Part 1 - Looking at why the generational demographic shift is a challenge
Political Musing
The Original Sin
How Obama turned a movement into a monument, and left the Democratic Party to pay the tab
Political Musing
How the Right Built a Media Machine Nobody Can Turn Off
The audience became the editorial board. And the editorial board only votes for more.
Political Musing
The Case for Optimism (And Why It's Probably Wrong)
Series: The Long Arc — American Democracy's Recurring Failure, Part 4
Political Musing
The Big Lie Was Always the Point
Series: The Long Arc — American Democracy's Recurring Failure, Part 3
Political Musing
Nobody Got Fired - Democratic Consultants
How the Democratic Consultant Class Ran the Party Into a Wall and Billed Them for It