U.S. politics
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On the apparent rise in transgender and non-binary identities.
Our culture has changed, but so has the environment, and we need to acknowledge both.
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On good news.
How is new white paint like the defeat of our nation’s white-supremacist in chief? They’re both ample reason to celebrate.
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On sacrifice.
Young people are scared and angry — and they have every reason to be.
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On re-watching The Matrix, twenty years later.
The Matrix was, and is, an incredible film … but now, after all the school shootings, it’s hard for me to watch.
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On gerrymandering (a prequel).
The U.S. Senate was designed to subvert democracy and allow a political minority to perpetrate great evil. The system is still working.
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On protest, the Supreme Court, and autocratic minority rule.
I was planning an essay on cell phones and surveillance. The central thesis was that our Supreme Court is a massively flawed institution. Many of our current Supreme Court justices are both willfully ignorant and opportunistically illogical. This set of people are not exceptionally knowledgeable, nor are they particularly clever. But we have given them…
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