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Two Movies, One Screen
The outcome of the 2020 election is obvious. President Trump has never led in the polls. What’s more, the deficit he faces is far larger than the one he faced in 2016. The quiet signs of trouble in key districts … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020, 2020 Election, Commentary, Congress, Donald Trump, Election, General Culture and News, House of Representatives, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, Presidency, Presidential Election, Scott Adams, Senate, White House
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Destroying Unity Is the First Step
I watched this clip the other day, and it made me ponder how much our culture and our media have changed in just a generation. The message here is obvious. The Team that Dare Not Speak its Name used … Continue reading
Washington Examiner Piece on Digital Media and Censorship
I’m shamelessly using this post to promote a piece I wrote for the Washington Examiner. This is a long-form magazine essay that updates and greatly expands some of the themes that I first discussed in this post from a couple of … Continue reading
How to Promote Political Content on Facebook in 251 Easy Steps
Aficionados of this blog (both of you) may recall that I published a piece on the Covington Catholic controversy back in January. Readers seemed to respond to the post, and, before I knew it, the piece had over 300 organic … Continue reading
Have We Finally Lost It?
The first time I saw the snippet of the MAGA kid / Native American drummer video, my reaction was about the same as most other people’s. “What a jerk that kid is.” “Somebody needs to teach him a lesson.” “I … Continue reading
Real Americans
I’m not going to address this past weekend’s events specifically. There are already hundreds of columns covering every aspect of what happened in Charlottesville (and what is happening, to a lesser extent, in Seattle and Richmond and elsewhere). Instead, I’d … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Charlottesville, Commentary, General Culture and News, Politics, Racism?, Real Americans, Terrorism
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Let Me Tell You About Sundays
Let me tell you about Sundays. Sundays are terrific. You can run errands or be lazy. You can go to church or sleep in. You can watch a game or read a book. You can eat brunch or work out. … Continue reading
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Tagged Commentary, General Culture and News, Life, Personal, Writing
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Best of 2016
Happy New Year! Since today is (observed as) New Year’s Day, I thought I would go through the usual motions of curating the best material I generated in 2016 and putting it all in one post. 2016 included a fairly … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, General Culture and News, Site Stuff
Tagged 2016, Academia, Best Of, Commentary, Constitutional Law, Free Speech, General Culture and News, Intellectual Property, James Bond, Jerry Remy, Online Dating, Real Tennis, Red Sox, Site Stuff, Stanislav Petrov, Supreme Court, The Supreme Court of the United States
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Ten Things I Learned in 2016
2016 was a . . . well, it was definitely a year. I learned a lot this year, though! Yes, 2016 provided some terrific opportunities for learning—sometimes via the proverbial “hard way.” Here, in no particular order, are some of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Commentary, General Culture and News, Humor, Kidding Not Kidding, Site Stuff
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The Axis of Ego 
The Worst Possible Outcome (OR: The Baby Hitler Hypothetical)
A few days ago (which feels like weeks at this point), I made some predictions about Tuesday’s election, and I talked about the “two movies, one screen” phenomenon. That concept is the idea that two people / groups of people … Continue reading →