How does it feel to kill? I don’t remember. But I do remember how it felt to be alive after a successful assault. There would be an initial sense of jubilation until we were reminded of our losses. Then would come the disappointment erson weariness. — Curtis Morrow, What’s a Commie Ever Done to Black […]
Originally published by Religion Dispatches on January 21, 2021 How can American society recover from Trumpism? A new administration solves a lot of problems, but President Biden can’t magically make American extremism disappear; his tenure won’t mean the end of conspiracy theories or white supremacy. So what’s the starting point, then, for the deradicalization of homegrown […]
Morgan Twofeather marries Grace Delgado-Delgado while George Soros looks on. Artist’s rendering courtesy Google Gemini The NEA has cancelled the 2026 Creative Writing Fellowships program. […] The NEA will now prioritize projects that elevate the Nation’s HBCUs and Hispanic Serving Institutions, celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence, foster AI competency, empower houses of worship to […]
Many of us are feeling helpless and overwhelmed. It’s only natural, considering how the current administration is dismantling the federal government and throwing their support behind murderous dictators. But we don’t have the luxury of admitting defeat. If want a return to responsible governance and the rule of law, we’ve got to find concrete ways […]
“Stop sneezing on me.” January 28, 2025. The Trump administration has frozen communications from several federal health agencies. Even if they unfreeze communications, they will likely politicize the reporting of data on infectious diseases like bird flu, COVID, and HIV. This will make it difficult for journalists to report on these issues and for citizens […]
It was a very tough year for all of us, what with the continuing political, social, and epidemiological upheavals. Here is what I managed to get off my desk anyway: Fiction My short story, Winter Break, 1986, about family responsibility and the pickle business, was published in Scud. The First Hard Fight, a short story about […]
You may have read Negotiating Your Way to a Fair Adjunct Experience on Vitae. I am not linking to it because I have no interest in helping the Chronicle get more pageviews, even the modest number this blog may provide. Anyway. The piece is about how adjuncts should negotiate and be willing to walk if […]
Remember that someday you will die. Think of the poor suffering children with no access to the Internet. Keep a caged hungry ferret next to your laptop, and whenever you’re tempted to read a listicle, stick your hand in the cage. If you’re a conservative, tell yourself that every time you read a listicle, Al […]
From Karl Marx: A Biography, by David McLellan: “Whether Marx himself possessed anti-semitic tendencies is a matter of much controversy: certainly a superficial reading of his pamphlet On the Jewish Question would indicate as much; and his letters contain innumerable derogatory epithets concerning Jews; but this does not justify a charge of sustained anti-semitism.”
Hyman Bachwald, 167 Allen Street, New York. Neurotic and epileptic. Mother worked in factory previous to marriage, and while Hyman was coming. Her mentality is questioned. The grandmother has been blind 8 years. Father acts feeble minded, and deserted 3 years ago. Hyman’s brother (defective) is now on Randalls Island. Mother’s sister was also […]