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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.
The Big Lie Was Always the Point
Series: The Long Arc — American Democracy's Recurring Failure, Part 3
Nobody Got Fired - Democratic Consultants
How the Democratic Consultant Class Ran the Party Into a Wall and Billed Them for It
Übermensch in a Cubicle Farm Pt 4: The Ticket Queue Is Not a Career
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.
June 7, 2026 - Week in Review
The wrap up from May 30, thru June 6, 2026. Get the posts in a diary!
Blood Simple: Herschell Gordon Lewis and the Cinema of Pure Visceral Fact
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
Lost Cause 2.0: The GOP Didn't Get Hijacked, it Got Completed.
Series: The Long Arc — American Democracy's Recurring Failure, Part 2
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.
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...
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
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.
Übermensch in a Cubicle Farm Part 3: Golden Handcuffs and Hunger Games
Part 3 - we get into the factors employed by employers to turn the staff into a Hunger Games fight for survival that doesn't feel unnatural
Facts Not in Evidence
The clean sheet doesn't exist. The tab is coming due. And the people who ran up the bill are very busy pretending they didn't.