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Culture, politics, and misery.
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Everyone’s Gone to the Movies
Watching Big Trouble in Little China watch itself.
The Stupids is Stupid About Conspiracy Theories
It doesn’t want to be about what it’s about
How Not To Be Weimar
Some lessons in identity politics and solidarity from historian Peter Gay
Canada’s Resistance Benefits the US
Trump is our oppressor; those who fight him help us.
Outland vs. High Noon: Quick Draw Duel
The past and the future fire and lose.
This Week’s Writing 8/22/26
what I published this week
My Neighbor Grief
The ominous comedy of My Neighbor Totoro.
“Myself It Speaks:” Hopkins and Democracy
Poetry for a less exclusive Christianity.
We Don’t Know If El-Sayed Is a Bad GE Candidate
We shouldn’t pretend we do.
Schindler’s Zionism
Jews have become a fetish of American liberalism. That’s not good.
Werewolves Don’t Have Ethics
Why An American Werewolf in London is more comedy than horror.
This Week's Writing 8/15/26
Politics, culture, and cat poems.
*In The Loop* Gives Us Bureaucrats for War
The film is very cynical, but still not cynical enough.
Sabrina Is Great, Except for the Guy
Humanizing the patriarch is always a dicey process.
Rock Music Is Defined By Whiteness
Genres have always been determined by race.
Ross Douthat Knows the Fascists are On His Side
Consensus white supremacy relies on fascism to crush its foes.
Over Your Dead Body Doesn’t Quite Go For the Jugular
It’s still good, bloody fun though.