The Politics of Grievance
I didn’t plan to spend the week writing about geopolitics. But it’s hard to ignore a moment when the President of the United States publicly ties foreign-policy decisions to not…
Tag: authoritarianism
Nazis Aren’t New – They’re Just Louder Now
Every few weeks, another right-wing influencer decides to test-drive Hitler rehab as a talking point. Tucker Carlson nods along as a guest suggests we “should have sided with Hitler.” Candace…
On Trump, Iran, and the Wreckage of Performative Foreign Policy
“If Trump didn’t destroy Fordow, and he didn’t eliminate their enriched uranium, and he scuttled a diplomatic agreement, and he pushed Russia and Iran closer to each other, and he…
It’s Already Happened Here
Like I’ve said before, I’m a systems thinker, and patterns across history, fiction, and political thought really resonate with me. Lately I’ve been working my way back through various books…
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…