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.
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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.
Your Ignorance Doesn't Make You An Expert
Let's go chasing waterfalls.
There Is No Trolley Problem
We actually aren't constrained into atrocious premises by thought exercises. Obstacles are a reason to fight, not an excuse to quit. Our friends and neighbors aren't distractions..
Change the Locks
A tale of two sisters; the narcissist's demand for reconciliation without reparation, and the lowest rung on justice's ladder
LOST 039 - Back That Gas Up
Unpacking the TV show LOST — Season 4: Episodes 6-8