On Mental Health

An ordinary American with anything-but-ordinary mental health

Platner Out

Graham Platner can go back to oyster farming full-time and pound sand while he's at it.

On Giving Graham Platner a Second Look

After writing him off initially, I've come around.

The Cajun Story: A History Lesson We Can All Learn From

The Veil of Ignorance

A thought experiment in building a better world

Daily Dispatch, 2025-10-27

Year 0, Day 280 since the fall of the republic

Writer's Paralysis as Resistance

Seven Months In

It's worse than I imagined

Lessons and Comfort from America's Darkest Hours

Amidst today's turmoil, our turbulent history is a surprising source of comfort.

A Government of, by, and for the Psychopaths

America has been gleefully overrun by psychopaths. Do we have the collective will to pull it back from the brink?

Unelected Bureaucrats

They're not the enemy — they're the people you had no idea your life depends on.

A Losing Message

Demonizing billionaires isn't cutting it

Fifty

As I inch closer to age 50, I realize I've racked up some life experiences to share.

Impeach Trump?

A Week of Fascism

Homework From My Son — Part II

Justice Delayed

Are We Living Under Fascism?

Have we exchanged democracy for authoritarian, Fascist, rule? Not yet, but we’re closer than we may want to admit.

Homework from My Son

The 22nd Amendment Won't Prevent a Third Trump Term

A third presidential term is impossible, until it’s not.

It's Not You

The problem was never you