“Political violence has become all too common” when Nazi media-men die, when law-makers die, when the big dogs die. But this is merely a cherry-picked collection of those rare (but increasingly regular?) reversals where the ones at the top meet the same fate as the ones at the bottom. This isn’t acceptable, for what is […]
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Who Still Believes in the Soul of America?
Happy joint MLK-inauguration day, everyone. This moment, depending on who you ask, may mark a beginning, an ending, or maybe nothing at all. With regard to the idea of what America is—that is, a nation with a soul, with an idea of itself—I say this is an ending. I’m no Joe Biden superfan, but I […]
Can Anyone Make Sense of Luigi Mangione? Maybe Frantz Fanon.
As others have observed, the coverage of the UHC CEO killing and Luigi Mangione himself has had a not-so-subtle agenda. I can’t say I’ve kept up with it all, but I would like to discuss with you one of the articles I did read: Here is an un-paywalled link to the article if you want […]
Welcome to Neural Nirvana 