The Fire and The Rain
Mike JohnsonA Substack about politics, history, and culture.
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Off-Center, Part 1 - The Election
Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams
One of the most important political developments of 2025 was the emergence of the term “affordability” in the popular discourse. With the 2024 election seen as a referendum on the state of the economy,...
Wavin’ Flag
In suburban Chicago, this flag flies in front of my grandmother’s house. My grandmother is not a “radical”— she’s a churchgoing retired bank worker in her 70s with a framed picture of the Obama family in her dining room who told me if Joe B...
Souljah Boy
Top: Gavin Newsom. Credit: Charlie Nguyen. Bottom: Soulja Boy. Credit: The Streamy Awards. Remixed by Mike Johnson
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is hitting streaming airwaves (instead of governing his under-siege state) to try and squeeze s...
Dealer’s Choice
A few months ago, I read a Facebook post (don’t laugh) that said, “Leadership is the ability to see need before it is needed.” Boy, I wish I could screenshot that, find a serviceable Delorean, pick up Chad Kroger, and travel back in time to...
Noah Smith’s Sister Souljah obsession is weird
Noah Smith, formerly an economics writer at Bloomberg who left primarily to focus on writing for his Substack, recently posted ‘Democrats need to loudly reject progressive extremism’, where he deploys (another) criticism of what he describe...
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"Just a guy." - Mel Kiper. Labor Guy turned Enviro Dad. Milwaukee vs The World. All opinions my own (especially the funny ones). I write about politics, history, and culture @ The Fire and The Rain.
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