Stories We Tell
Recognizing victims and villains is not creating victims and villains. A series on living in a culture of repair, against a culture of abuse.
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Cult(ure) of Abuse
How do we deal with a culture of abuse? What is our part in ending it? How do we deal with an abusive cult of millions?
LOST 041: Ghost Dad
Abandoned babies and surgical ladies while spooky happens in move-y cabins. Pondering the imponderables on mystery island.
Unpacking the TV show LOST — Season 4: Episodes 10-11
Bookish News
Information about the new book and the state of The Reframe over the remainder of 2025.
The Extraordinary Power of Standing For Something
Winning by creating vision in the positive space of shared standards, and expertly negotiating the negative space of shame.
The Death of Shame
Modern Nazis, careless people, and the offensive necessity of caring in a shameful age.
When You're Right
Sometimes I doodle.
America Haters
No Kings was a week ago. What did it mean?
The Crime of Human Virtue
Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.
Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something
On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.
LOST 040 - As Above, So Below
No man is an island.
Unpacking the TV show LOST — Season 4: Episode 9
Independence & Bravery
The sacking of Jimmy Kimmel and your quarterly state of the newsletter
Acceptable Losses
Whose deaths get to be deemed unacceptable in supremacist America, and whose are deemed necessary? And who does the deeming?
Simple Talk
Want to move people? Focus on principles, not tactics. An essay about finding a real third way, using the simplest and most persuasive talk there is.