Political Musing
Lost Cause 2.0: The GOP Didn't Get Hijacked, it Got Completed.
Series: The Long Arc — American Democracy's Recurring Failure, Part 2
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 Convenient Patience of the Already-Married
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.
Political Musing
Same as the Old Boss, Just in a Flannel Shirt
I fear that the Left (and the Never Trumpets) are selling their souls on the cheap with their Platner defenses...
Political Musing
The Original Sins and Their Echoes
Series: The Long Arc — American Democracy's Recurring Failure, Part 1; Beginning a deep dive on the history and the modern parallels
Political Musing
Never Trump Isn't a Conversion. It's a Business Model
The people who claim to be saving democracy have made a very comfortable living not quite doing that.
Political Musing
They Built the Swamp, Part Two: Why the Other Side Can't Build This
Murdoch funded a network. The Kochs funded infrastructure. Musk owns the pipes. That's not a difference of degree — it's a difference in kind, and the left has no answer for it.
Political Musing
They Built the Swamp, Part One: The Machine
In 1987 Reagan killed the Fairness Doctrine. A year later Rush Limbaugh went national. Roger Ailes had been planning Fox News since 1970. None of this was an accident. They wrote it down.
Political Musing
The Never Trumpers Discover Their Ass With Both Hands (And Still Get It Wrong)
Texas Republicans chose a walking rap sheet over a 24-year incumbent -- by nearly 2 to 1. The Never Trump brain trust's response? Maybe Democrats should flirt with chemtrail theories. Stunning. Brilliant. Completely fucking wrong.
Political Musing
The Long Diminishment
Everyone reaches for Weimar eventually. It's not wrong. It's just not the whole story, and the part it leaves out is the part that actually keeps me up at night.
Political Musing
The Permission Slip
Milton Friedman didn't invent greed. He did something more useful: he gave it a theory, a Nobel Prize, and fifty years of intellectual cover. The rest took care of itself.
Too smart to organize, now it's too late
Übermensch in a Cubicle Farm - Post 2: The Valley Mythology Machine
The white collars met management with a twist of No California wackiness, and the die were cast.
Political Musing
The Tribute Band Primary
Every candidate on this list is auditioning to inherit a coalition built entirely around one man's specific id. That's the tribute band problem. Tribute bands don't sell out stadiums.