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…
Category: Politics
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…
Thinking *is* Resistance
I’ve always been drawn to the pattern behind the pattern. Whether it’s fencing footwork, the mechanics of a game engine, or the way history rhymes more than it repeats—there’s something…