american politics
The pendulum always swings, until it doesn't
Have we finally reached a moment when American politics will not swing back?
MAGA and the questionable judgment of history
Even on the rosy assumption that this era ends, we will never see the return to relative consensus that was once possible.
The coming dark age of stupidity
The future is not so bright.
Severance and the divided American self
The analogy to our societal fracture cuts to the bone.
The passing of the American era
For better and worse, it's over.
Lessons for a future atheist president from Jimmy Carter’s funeral
A secular civilization, like any civilization, will need a story about a beneficent universe and a hopeful future.
Is oligarchy the human condition?
Let's stop pretending that this is a departure from the norm.
What the movie Wicked can teach us about resisting Trump
What can the story of a con man, scapegoats, and a resistance possibly have to say about our future?
The United Cities and Ruralities of America
It's a two-state solution for our own intractable conflict.
Watering the seeds of our own destruction
There's a reason fascism is rising at this moment, and why the threat will continue into the future.
Letting go of my last big myth
Burying the myth of god was easy compared to freeing myself from the myth of progress.
Live good lives now: A path forward in the shadow of Trump II
A counterintuitive strategy for persevering in the face of a political nightmare.