

Roll Call for Those Absent
Click and think of all the extra names to add since this came out: (And of course please support the fantastic work of Ambrose Akinmusere.)
Jun 5, 20201 min read
Experiments in Defining the ”Spiritual But Not Religious”
Like all too many aspects of polling about religions and secularisms, the discourse about "spiritual" is largely broken. It registers...
Apr 30, 20209 min read
Injecting Beach or Ingesting It?—Trump as Prosperity Gospel Quack
Although we've already gone with Alice through the looking glass by pursuing this question [that is, ingest or inject bleach] at all, I will explain why the distinction matters and what it may teach us about Trumpism. And I think I have the answer for you if you read on! You're welcome!
Apr 25, 20204 min read


The Death of My Old Hometown: Sucking Out the Wealth, Filling the Gap with Fecal Pollution
Last summer, on a road trip from Minneapolis to Kansas City, I passed through a town in Iowa where I lived from age two to five. Here is...
Apr 21, 20205 min read


Coronavirus, the Shock Doctrine, and Four Questions About Where We Go From Here
Without strong Democratic leadership, without mass protest, and with the economy so disrupted that I become confused as to how strikes...
Apr 19, 20205 min read


Rest in Peace, John Prine
This is probably my favorite of all the John Prine songs. It is the best one I can think of to capture how sad I feel about losing...
Apr 15, 20201 min read