August 1
Friending
This year, I wrote a book called Notes on Being a Man. My publisher is billing it as a “path forward for men and parents of boys.” (Sounds … pretentious.) It’s also my life story — the good, the bad, and the ugly. Working on…
August 1
July 25
Last Laugh
It’s getting awfully late, early, for late-night TV. Stephen Colbert shocked his audience on July 17 with the news that CBS had canceled The Late Show. I interpreted it as the latest sign of America’s descent into fascism — another media company bending the knee.…
July 18
Resist
My go-to historical frame of reference is World War II. At a staggering global cost of 85 million lives, the Second World War was the crucible of the 20th century — an explosion of unfathomable destruction, followed by an unparalleled period of (unevenly distributed) peace…
July 11
ICE Age
President Trump is no longer fighting inflation, China, or AI. Instead, he’s declared war on a manufactured threat: the “enemy within” — immigrants, journalists, and professors. Our biggest threat, apparently, isn’t Russian aggression or economic inequality; it’s your Uber driver or anthropology professor. This is…
June 27
The Grown-Up Tax Bill
Next week the Republican-led Congress plans to move President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill one step closer to law. The most recent CBO analysis factoring in interest rates, inflation, and economic growth put the cost to $2.8 trillion. Democrats have criticized the bill but haven’t offered…
June 20
Pomp vs. Protest
June 14 was a day of stark contrasts and dueling narratives. As President Trump staged a military parade and tanks squeaked down Constitution Avenue, millions of Americans — from Bangor to Beverly Hills — marched in the streets to protest. Trump celebrated the country’s military…
June 13
Stream On
Instead of deploying a multinational force to Gaza or tanks to Ukraine … let’s have our troops descend on the Home Depot in Westlake, California. Let’s cosplay authoritarians so people look away from the speedballing wealth transfer from young to old, poor to rich, future…
June 6
The Insiders
Trump Casino: When Markets Become the House Game In the war between Trump & Musk, I’m rooting for the bullets. However, the whole thing is (again) a distraction from the significant damage being levied on the country. It’s tempting to believe America will emerge from…
May 30
Rich Kids
Last week, the fiscal lunatics proved they are still running the asylum. The last fit of congressional sanity broke out during the Clinton administration. This week, House Republicans sent the Senate a budget that adds $3.8 trillion to the deficit. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” pairs…
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