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The last spectacle.
In 1994, Phil Donahue wanted to televise an execution.
Not a fictional execution. Not some Hollywood recreation with a handsome actor strapped into an electric chair, delivering a moving final monologue before the lights flickered and the...
Nuke... this.
I have been thinking about Trump’s little riff about Iran “taking out” Los Angeles or San Diego.
It has not been sitting well with me.
And not merely because it was vulgar, stupid, or grotesque. We have had ten years to become connoisseur...
Forty Acres and Go Fuck Yourselves
Your neighbor flew the flag.
Maybe it’s still up. Maybe it came down sometime this year, quietly, on a weekday, when nobody was watching. Either way, you know what I know: in a few years he’ll tell you he never cared much about politics. H...
25.
Today, we will perform the obligatory American liturgy.
Flags. Photographs. Television montages. Politicians wearing solemn expressions. And, inevitably, those two words:
Never Forget.
Twenty-five years.
For the vast majority of America...
For 2026, Vote Like Failure Is an Option
I’m going to say something that may be controversial:
If you have a practical alternative to voting by mail in 2026, I would use it.
Notice what I am not saying.
I am not saying mail ballots are presently illegal. They aren’t.
I am not...
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