Presidential Portraits
Everything President Obama has done since first taking office has been viewed with particular scrutiny, and his and Michelle’s selection of portraitists was no exception. Each took the opportunity...
View ArticleDjango Jane’s African Beat
Perhaps to showcase her many sides, the incomparable Janelle Monae released two very different songs/videos in advance of her hotly anticipated new album, Dirty Computer. A few weeks ago I showcased...
View ArticleWokepedia: This is Us, Dudley Randall
The idea of Wokepedia is that ordinary people, working with intent, can make lasting changes to Wikipedia that will lead in more equable and less biased coverage of topics of minority interest, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2018 US Midterm Elections
First, a couple of disclaimers. There are many issues I’m conservative on, and some I’m increasingly conservative on. I’ve voted for Republicans in the past, and I’m have a wealth of complaints about...
View ArticleZora Neale Hurston and the Problem of Audience
My first real understanding of the power of affinity on attention came in 9th grade. When my teacher assigned a project called “The African-European Connection,” I was enthralled by history for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
District 12 Votes This Week
AUGUST 7th 2018 By this time next week, the last special election for US Congress before Election Day will be all over… except the tears. But who will be crying is yet to be written. With Democrat...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Power-Morality Gap
One simple principle explains so many of the mysteries of modern life: the Power-Morality Gap. You may have heard it said that “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely,” (Lord...
View ArticleDear Dems, Impeach Trump Today (and again tomorrow if necessary)
It’s no accident that the rhetoric around Trump has shifted from “he’ll be impeached the moment the Democrats take the House” to “oh, it would be a mistake to impeach him, we don’t have the votes in...
View ArticleTrump vs Obama: America’s A/B Experiment
There’s only one lens through which the Trump presidency makes actual sense: As a self-organizing A/B experiment in sociology, carried out on the grandest of scales. The A part of the experiment was a...
View ArticleDie, or Get Better?
In these days of pandemic, American democracy lies sick, burning not with fever but with fire. Every illness must come to one end or the other. Will she die, or will she get better? The death of George...
View Article