Garbage In Garbage Out
What follows is a case study in media polling that we should not trust, but rather treat as our enemy. It makes a few points about health...
Apr 110 min read


The Dad Bod Theory of Education
Like many of my fellow citizen/consumers groomed by algorithms that feed us our personal news, I like it when algorithms feed me stories...
Mar 68 min read


Roberta Flack, RIP
Even if I can't stop tinkering with all the half-written posts I've started about our degraded country, at least I can give my respects...
Feb 252 min read
untitled poem
(Part of a thread to share poems or poetry-adjacent writing, as discussed here .) We cannot say how this cascading wreck of complacent...
Jan 181 min read
The "Demonic Jezebel," Media Spin, and Right-Sizing Fears About Christian Nationalism
Despite "everyone knowing" how Christian Nationalism (CN) is growing by leaps and bounds -- in numbers and raw power -- I myself get...
Oct 19, 20248 min read
something about academic caviling
(Part of a thread of poems or poetry-adjacent writing as discussed here .) Note: Perhaps some context will help before we begin. These...
Oct 19, 20241 min read