Reading List
The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.
The myth of the carnivore caveman
Across the far right, a paranoid prophecy has been taking hold: the belief that globalist elites want to take meat off the menu and replace it with insects. The charge has been spouted in one version or another by provocateurs like Tucker Carlson, Mike Cernovich, and Jordan Peterson, and repeated by countless accounts on social […]
Are Latino voters really Republicans now?
ELIZABETH, New Jersey — When Donald Trump won the presidency last November, he did so with unprecedented levels of new support from Latino voters across the country. In big cities, towns, and suburbs around the country, these voters — both new, previously disengaged voters and former Democrats disillusioned with the status quo — flocked to […]
Why does Trump want the National Guard doing crowd control?
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Pentagon is moving to create new National Guard “quick reaction forces” to be used for crowd control around the country. What’s happening? National Guard […]
Are you old, or do you know who Sombr is?
An inevitable part of getting old is no longer recognizing the names of celebrities and musicians. Slowly and steadily, the more famous young and younger people get, the more their names will seem like incoherent phrases muttered by someone losing their mind, a vegetable side dish, or some kind of cruel trick. At some point, […]
The messy truth about free speech
On September 15, Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show opening monologue included comments about the shooting of right-wing media figure Charlie Kirk and how the “MAGA gang” was “desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.” Soon after, Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission and […]