REALITY CHECK — TRUMP POLICE STATE
The Final Vestige of a Fascist Game Show Host President
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I'm from the government and I'm here to help.’ &nb... Read More...
Reality Check: Welcome (Back) To The Jungle
It is not possible to know at this time the precise scope or the duration of the deployments of U.S. Armed Forces necessary to counter terrorist threats to the United States.
– Excerpt from a letter accompanyi... Read More...
Between & Beyond: Rumors Of War
There are rumblings of war on the wind. It’s Russia’s turn to be global boogeyman again, and I’m curious to see how this unfolds. I shy away from conspiracy theories these days. In the end, any theory of this k... Read More...
Deleted Scenes: The War Boner
Notice that lump in the dialectic’s pants this week? Yeah, that’s the war boner. It pokes up every time there’s a chance World War III might break out. I’m pretty sure with this Russia/Crimea thing, CNN’s war b... Read More...
Between & Beyond: A Look Back/Ahead
It was cold. It was frightening. I had always found Manhattan at least a little frightening and the bus ride in had me plenty anxious. It was a very strange time for me, for everyone. It was February of 2003, a... Read More...
Deleted Scenes: War Comes Home
This past weekend, I watched as the last U.S. troops were reported to be leaving Iraq. They left under cover of night, in a convoy of military trucks headed across the border into Kuwait, and though going forwa... Read More...
Deleted Scenes: Is 2011 The New 1968?
There are few creatures currently walking the earth more loathsome than the self-inflated Baby Boomer. You know the type: Completely blind to the fact that they’ve become their parents and the only difference i... Read More...
Reality Check: The Ides Of Libya
How To Take An Arab Sucker Punch
Think not I am what I appear.
- Lord Byron
This thing in Libya, the “humanitarian effort”—or whatever the strategic bombing of a sovereign nation embroiled in civil war... Read More...
The Freak Show: The Politics Of Libya
There’s much ammunition (no pun intended) on both sides of the debate over getting involved in Libya, whether it be taking a lead role in creating a no-fly zone or just participating with an international coali... Read More...
Deleted Scenes: Hey Kids, It’s Time For Another War!
This past week was my spring break, and like the vast majority of students in this country, I spent it working. As I sat at my desk—the very same desk I’ll return to in a mere six hours when the alarm goes off ... Read More...
