I was just watching a gaggle of blue-checkmarked narrative managers attack progressive commentators Katie Halper and Briahna Joy Gray on Twitter for platforming antiwar journalist Rania Khalek on the grounds that Khalek is an "Assadist", which is imperialist for "someone who opposes western imperialism in
There has never been a better time to be a woman, minority or member of the LGBT community who works in the DC establishment and thinks the poor should be made into pet food.The New York Times has published an article titled "Could Limiting Corporate
When you look at US politics, it appears as though there are two mainstream political factions that very strongly disagree with one another. "Divided" is a word that comes up a lot. "Polarized" is another.It is of course true that a whole lot of emotion flows
Kill millions in concentration camps and they'll call you a monster. Kill millions with bombs and they'll call you a moderate.~A species that is hurtling toward extinction has no business promoting slow incremental change.~Claiming a country attacked America's democracy is like claiming they attacked America's
The human organism arrives in this world squishy, defenseless and easily startled, which it turns out is really starting things off on the wrong foot.Because of the size of our newly-evolved brains relative to the birth canal, humans have to give birth to what are
There was a simultaneously hilarious and nightmare-inducing meme format that was popular not long ago called Creepy Garfield, in which the familiar Jim Davis comic is re-imagined as a Lovecraftian horror genre in which the titular cat often features as an eldritch demigod who is
Narrative is crumbling. It's difficult to understand what's going on in the world.It's difficult to understand what's going on in the world because powerful people actively manipulate public understanding of what's going on in the world.Powerful people actively manipulate public understanding of what's going on in
Just a friendly reminder that this photo happened. For the record this is the only image anyone should ever use when sharing any information having to do with Jeff Bezos; I don't care if it's about Whole Foods stocks or a new series on Amazon
The New Hampshire primary election, much like the Iowa caucuses, saw Bernie Sanders doing worse than polls anticipated and establishment favorite Pete Buttigieg doing much better than polls anticipated.Buttigieg closed at a tight second place behind Sanders and both were awarded the same number of
Americans are discussing the possibility of a universal basic income (UBI) more seriously than ever before, largely due to the surprisingly popular campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang. Yang has made UBI the central issue of his platform, promising a "Freedom Dividend" paid for