The Rise of the Surveillance State
How America’s Privacy is Just a Memory More than a decade ago, Edward Snowden exposed a vast, secret surveillance apparatus built by the U.S. government in partnership with private tech…
Category: Politics
One Voice: Why I’m Writing About Leadership and Politics on the Same Blog
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”— George Orwell In some circles, there’s a persistent bit of advice: “Keep your professional and political identities separate.”…
The Anatomy of Fascism in 2025
As someone who came of age respecting the slow, deliberate process of democratic governance—and who has watched with growing alarm the erosion of those norms—I’ve been reading Robert O. Paxton’s…
Deceit As A Character Trait
Let me paint a picture. It’s a regular local Democratic meeting—neighbors gathering, committed to community, equity, and making our corner of the world a little bit better. The kind of…
Project Homecoming and the Erosion of Civil Liberties
Day 132 of our Authoritarian Tragedy Read this now. First came the militarization of domestic law enforcement. Now, under the guise of “Project Homecoming,” we’re watching something even more dangerous…